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 143 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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but dating from the M.B. depth 3.80 cf. below p 73. Around Q N 5 and of well cut slabs I collect the sherds under the various floors: the most recent are from the end of the Mycenaean and as I said; in the foundations the Middle Bronze begins. It is difficult to arrive at greater precision for each floor, let us note allthe same that a floor beneath the slabs at 0.80 contains a lot of ash and charcoal. This which confirms the presence in this area attested of a fire, attested last year and again identified this year in QN6 in particular. In these ashes unfortunately the sherds are hardly identifiable, they are not late in any case.

The density of the wells is very great: it was already so in 1946 on the large area. — —

In the West extension we have arrived at about 1 m. – 1.20 depth. Except for 1 heap of stones in the centre of the trench, no structure has yet appeared. They must be deeper

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

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