Notebook·34 CDF art. 175·1962

Excavation journal of R. Kuss, Enkomi 1962R. Kuss

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 27 of notebook 34 CDF art. 175 (Excavation journal of R. Kuss, Enkomi 1962), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 175, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 57Scan 27 of 64

Mr Schaeffer leaves for Nicosia , (Department of Antiquities) .

see page 55 - trench N Temple area zone 1 W , looking towards the S.

Drawing: section drawing of a floor, hearth, stacked bricks and wall; labels: A; A; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; -140; -150

A . fired brick elements ( visible dimensions 50 × 12 B . smoothed hearth filled with fine, black ash C - agglomerated fired bricks . D - level of the floor ( limestone) E - limestone layer , probably vertical plaster of wall F F - compacted clay forming upper part of the wall . G - carefully laid rubble , forming lower part of the wall ( junction with floor D )

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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