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 3 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 _7_Scan 3 of 126

called / trench / L1949. Saturday 3 Sept. Pironin went to Enkomi to set up our excavation house. Tuesday 6 Sept. Myself accompanied by Forrer after the organisational work at the Nicosia Museum (and studies of the cylinders and finds of 1948: Dik.) est went in the afternoon to E. to settle into the excavation house. Storm in the mountains. Wednesday 7 Sept. Morning correspondence and work at Enkomi I. Noon sea bath and then study with Dik. of his area 1948 and building and location of the statue. Stratigr. differs from conclusions of Dik. Distant storm, Thursday 8 Sept. Finalise the camp, correspondence, purchases at Enko Famag. have the trenches pegged out between area of the Bronzes house and area Dik. oriented E-W starting from the old entrance of the cliff towards the area of the workshops. L. c. 150 m. This tr. has as its main aim to orient us on the existence of buildings in this area and to detect the important centres. Fairly heavy rain (storm).

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

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