Notebook·34 CDF art. 121·1934

First season at Enkomi, excavation notebook, trial trenches 1 to 66Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 107 of notebook 34 CDF art. 121 (First season at Enkomi, excavation notebook, trial trenches 1 to 66), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 121, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 55Scan 107 of 124

Sond - trial 55

Drawing: plan of a rectangular trench with a protrusion and two small rectangles on the left side; labels: b; a

from 1m 50 to 2m thick layer of ashes grey and reddened earth (fire) a: brick wall superimposed on the rock at 2m 60 / high of 0m 80 and supporting wall stones

Drawing: elevation of two large blocks resting on a layer above two columns of stacked bricks; labels: < 40 cm >; joint

layer of reddened earth levelling thickness of the bricks 18 cm

the remains of an old tomb ?

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

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