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Letter·34 CDF art. 175·14 October 1950

Letter from Forrer to Megaw, undertaking regarding five packages of ancient pottery fragments, with list of objects lent to the Louvre by SchaefferW. Forrer

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

Scan 47 of letter 34 CDF art. 175 (Letter from Forrer to Megaw, undertaking regarding five packages of ancient pottery fragments, with list of objects lent to the Louvre by Schaeffer), typed in English and French. The transcription and translation follow.

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

Unnumbered pageScan 47 of 52

315Enk 50 i-26 (south) 1m 70.29
316” Enk 50 i-26 (south) 1m 70." D-32 1m 80
317” Enk 50 i-26 (south) 1m 70." H-25 (North) 2m40 - 2m50 below very fine floor at 1.90 down to 2m.
318Enk 1950 Tomb (?) 50 2 in body me. above tomb.
319Enk 50 point 1 4 7 (sond H South 20 at W of wall N.S against well chamber) Children's tomb
320Enk 50 sond J-21 below wall II removed 0 in rubbish makalas of earth between wall II and foundation of the fine wall
321Enk 50 I-95 (North) 1.20m - 1.60m between floor (2) at 1.20 and paving at 1.60m.
322Enk 50 Sounding point 121.
323Q-25 (N) 9-10 1,25-1,80 below floor 2 at 1,25.
324Enk 50 sond pt 93 (Ext N) against wall E W in ..... on upper floor sherds Z (Forrer).
325It-26 (south) at N.W of point 109 0,60-100 0,00-0,40 below stone W.
326Enk 50 from -13 0,30-0m70.
327" " J-21/22 (N) 1m20-1m30 in ash layer at 0,25m-0,35m below north wall

Note: the transcription above reflects the reading of the handwritten page; the handwritten lines are rendered as a single block per line, with the page number "29" in purple at top right.

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

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