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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 77 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 37Scan 77 of 214

4 October found bronze tenon, Middle Bronze, in large round tomb looted in IX. (vessel of beginning XVe) foot of hydria Mycenaean, fragments of Cypriote bowls White Slip, red on black and fragment of red lustrous ware In IV (IX) under the drinking trough and near the large jar in place, on a floor at 2.80 I have one of the jars emptied in place; it is painted grey-blue, with a black zigzag ornament. Child's skeleton inside. The floor is 40 cm above the rock In the East extension found good Cypriote pottery: bowl of the XVe and Mycenaean hydria foot end of XVe or beginning of XIVe. depth 2.10 –

(departure of Mr Schaeffer) [illegible] (departure of Mr Schaeffer) departure of Mr Schaeffer 5 Oct. Georghios found on the surface between large area and area bronze (at 20 m. from it) a vase handle with an inscription

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

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