Notebook·34 CDF art. 123·1949

4th season at Enkomi, excavation notebookClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 13 of notebook 34 CDF art. 123 (4th season at Enkomi, excavation notebook), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 123, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 15Scan 13 of 126

Zone 15. not excavated (passage). Zone 16. As 10. Recou. 1 frgm. prob. Myc. XIVe or XIIIe „ 17. Frgm. 2e mill. and 1 frgm. glazed yellow and brown. Here the sterile clay layer is only at 0m 15 below surf. The lower course of a wall or foundation w. 0m90, the stones irregular, resting on the sterile layer at 0m60 crosses the tr. in the orientation NNE-SSW 4o20 N – 220o 0. Zone 18 Pot. ordin. 2e mill. and 7 frgm. glazed brown to yellow. Nothing between these 2 periods. Zone 19 Same pottery as 18. Here and in zone 20 remains of superficial low walls. same appearance as Zone 18, but poorly preserved. Zone 20. Same obs. pottery 19. but 1 frgm. more recent only. Zone 21. As 20. 2 frgm. more recent than 2e. Earth Tuff clay ends at 0m 20-25. No tr. wall of Zone 20-22 Zone 22, id. no mixed, more recent than 2e m here Zone 23. Wall of 0m 90 (or foundation) identical to that of Zone 17, exactly, same orient. NNE-SSW (220 4o20 at 220o) so built at same time. Distance between the 2 walls c. 10 m.

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

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