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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 187 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 93Scan 187 of 214

have found in imposing numbers previously, those of the good Mycenaean period XV and XIVth and which had allowed us to date last year the large slabs and the fire, and this year the bronze hoard. Of all the sherds observed this morning, there was only one small Mycenaean painted and burnished fr. I cannot yet draw any conclusions from this fact. _____

A trench of 3 m. is begun in QN 4-6 B to try to complete in this direction the plan of the large slabs. _____

This morning the number of shovel-picks was reduced to 20 in anticipation of the departure of Mr Schaeffer _____

afternoon farewell of Mr Schaeffer to the workmen. _____

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

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