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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 69 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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Mycenaean sanctuaries as it has been found several in Greece (cf. plan of one of them in Nilsson) The projection towards the N. of one of the large slabs, if it is repeated on the other side would indicate that the entrance was on that side.

In C 11 \(grid adopted in 1946 and marked on the bags of sherds of this campaign)/ the round cavity seems to be a cistern.

The foundations which appear under the large stones and which are descend down to the 2nd floor indicate, I think, that this 2nd floor is earlier than the construction of this building.

The pottery found between the 2 floors is according to Dikaios rather late

Found bronze arrowhead, in CC near the foundations of small stones at 0.90 towards the level of the 2nd floor. (XIVe century)

28 SeptemberTo the North of the large slabs foundation but no traces of floors: between 0.60 and 1.70 similar pottery

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

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