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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 95 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 47Scan 95 of 214

Campaign 1947 17 October 47

Area North ---

We begin the work in this area which will be called the North Quarter. With the new hiring and the old ones, we have 36 shovels, picks and 15 women The grid will follow on from that of last year (Area North):

QN. 1- to 5 corresponds to the trench of last year QN. 5 to QN 12 corresponds to the trench of this year. It is for the moment 40 m. long and we give it 10 m. w. which will have to be doubled subsequently.

Drawing: plan of trench grid and escarpment; labels: N; 5, 6.7.8, etc; W.; D; E; anc. tr.; nlle tr.; S; Falaise E.; laisser ici gd espace

Furthermore we divide the trench into 2 with letters, for each half section.

On the surface a piece of copper slag in VI E. copper … continues

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

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