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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 157 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.

Page 78Scan 157 of 214

Continued from scan 156

… that were found there are of the end of the M. Br., white-on-black and Syrian import. The base is at 2 m 70,

Q N 12 we find 2 fine large Tomb 2 handles of a Mycenaean hydria with representation of chariot. Same style, same colours, same design as the fragment reproduced above p 53, but the piece from tomb 2 is better preserved. Date 14th c. end. Several fragments still from this tomb will no doubt be able to complete this handle and allow the recovery of the appearance of the vase. A fine frag. of stirrup vase found there also.

28 November

Examination of the Constructions.

These having disappeared in Q N 12-11, begin to appear in Q N 10, there where the rock sinks down towards 0,80 roughly.

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

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