Notebook·34 CDF art. 242·Undated

Notebook of notes on Cyprus, Gaza, Jericho, Egypt and Syria (chronologies)Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 32 of notebook 34 CDF art. 242 (Notebook of notes on Cyprus, Gaza, Jericho, Egypt and Syria (chronologies)), handwritten in English, German and French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 242, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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Jericho. (see p. 24) 36) Annals 1932. XXI earthquake p. 11. E B. A II = 2200 105/6/ 126 M B A I = 2000. p. 14 Middle Br. Age 2000-1900 or 2100 ? Asl

A. L. 1932, corrected Annals L 1935, p. 46 Tomb A (pl. XXII-XXIII) M B A I, after Albr. B. M. III Wright (BASOR): dated G. several cent. 2500-2300 ″ too low my notes p. 20 Tomb 9 after Albr. 18th-17th (1800-1600 ?) ″ 5 ″ ″ betw. 1550-1450.

L. A. XIX, 1932 Stone glacis entirely circumscribing mound (12 acres) 2 brick walls: higher up, parallels, inner 12 feet thick, outer 1/2 thickness surrounding 6 acres. City C: 1800-1600 Watzinger attributed stone glacis to Middle Br Age conf. by G. brick walls to earlier B age (after G. also Middle Br._) Garstang discovered 2 other bronze Age fortific., one earlier, one later than those previously dis. The earlier = E Br. before 2000 underlying inner p. 3 brick wall. Called wall A and C City A. Later = overlies br inner brick wall = to be associat with thinner outer wall of brick = City D

(Fall Jer. Garst. ca 1400 AJA 1942, p. 267 Jericho City D 15th-14th Albr. B. M IV)

In summary after G. City A = EB before 2000 (2500-2000) ″ B = MB 1 2000-1800 wall 2000-1900 2100 (p. 14) p. 5 very apapproximate ″ C = MB 2 1800-1600 7 ″ D = L B A 1600-1400 ″ E = Iron Age

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

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