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 179 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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… and down to the burnt layer Some fine painted sherds notably fr. of a large cup which could be from the end of the Mycenaean period. It has a banded handle and painted red lines. Nevertheless the fire impression is confirmed that it is a fire (of the end of the Myc. period or the Submycenaean period, despite the presence of some sherds mixed of Myc. and Base-ring. Tomb 14 in QN6c (where was found the bronze mirror) cut into the rock very wide trapezoid shape. All the sherds are rather Submycenaean (cups of basalt base of cup with concentric (drawing) characteristic of the beginning of the Submycenaean where the painted pottery is still abundant. Also 1 piece of iron instrument. Some pieces of Bucchero ware. The association of Bucchero ware, of basalt cups, painted cups with concentric circles seems to me important. Moreover _the tomb being cut into the rock_ this is a sign further that we are close to the Mycenaean period, but already clearly in the Submycenaean. The date should be sought towards the

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

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