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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 55 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 26Scan 55 of 214

Vessel called late Bucchero XIII, XIIe next to it, IX depth 0.60, Vrac IX nearby, in X 2 large jars in situ at 0.60 depth, empty In VIII a rather poor wall commences to appear. at 0,70 a vessel base with a relief rib. In X, at the same depth there appears a very large vessel. In VII at 0,70 2 wheels in t.c. of a chariot. In XIII at 0,80 a steatite spindle whorl incised with circles.

25 Sept. 3rd day of excavation in the bronzes trench at the start, average depth 0.80 In XIV at 0.80 fragment of red vessel on Mycenaean white

Drawing: pencil drawing of a pottery sherd decorated with a stylized bird or figure with two concentric-circle eyes and hatched bands

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

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