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 78 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 78 of 107

Continued from p. 61

… continued E6 delimitation Vth and IVth City here [E 6] = between 3m50 and 4 m. Troy IV (p. 231) after reoccup. poor Below 4m 2 more floors at 3m.60- 4 m and 4m25-4.60 belonging prob. to IVth City (p. 67 ici).

4 m 25 - 4 m 60 level not studied in 2nd Season. 3rd season AJA 1935, p. 7 recall that uniform character of levels above 3m60 had led to assign to one period a identified with City V. below attributed to City IV. ( 2 habitation levels at 1) 3m60 and 4 m. 2) just below 4 m 25. (Summary of result. 2nd season). reached 4m 25. - End of 3rd season reached 5m85. At 5m85 reached well made floor [at 1m10 above threshold of Propylon of IInd City]. Marked another turning point of in stratigraphic history of site. p. 8 House 404: ( 3m85-5m26). 2 floors 1) 4 m 85 marked burnt clay + wood b) at 5 m 17 - 5 m 26 marked by layers of ashes. Pottery among them drinking cup 2 handels Schliemann: "depas amphikypellon" (drawing) see H. pl.

p. 9 In filling of "banc" de cuisine (drawing) comme Chypre . [4m 87 level] probably older than the house?

p. 9-10 House 400 . 5 m 85 earliest floor prob. . Perhaps as result of 11 Earthquakes walls several times buckled out or inwards. Repaired. Continuity of occup. through whole period corresp. to. layers betw. 3m 60 and 5 m 85. ( inside 3 floors 4 m 25 [written sideways: 4m70 destr. by fire burnt layer] 5 m 10, 5 m 85. Pottery fig. 6, 7 + early Hell. vases + imitation Bronze 10 pins, javelin point + saws of flint.

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

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