Notebook·34 CDF art. 122-2·1946–1947

2nd and 3rd seasons at Enkomi, excavation notebook no. 2Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 117 of notebook 34 CDF art. 122-2 (2nd and 3rd seasons at Enkomi, excavation notebook no. 2), handwritten in French and Greek. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 122-2, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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In Q N 11 in the well between Tomb 1 and 3 a deposit of rough ware vessels. One of these vessels, although not bearing any paint, has the shape of the Mycenaean stirrup vase. It is broken. A large strainer in rough ware also, coming from another vessel and having at least 3 feet was found

Bronze Hoard The Bronze Deposit of Pt. 3 was cleaned this afternoon, photographed, drawn and lifted. Brought back to the hotel, after a rough cleaning, we observe that it consists of various objects which had been hidden together and are now agglutinated. These are small axes or axe-adzes, rings of different sizes, a kind of double ring that looks like a piece of harnessment. There is also a kind of small vessel and above all the principal piece, a small sceptre surmounted by a ball with a dove, flanked by 3 consoles on which are other doves; below these pendants in the form of flowers. The whole weighs at least 3 or 4 Kgs.

The sherds found in this area between 0,60 and 1,40 are fairly early qqs. Middle Bronze, red on black a piece of Cypriot bowl 16th (with red designs), one of painted … continues

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

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