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 37 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 27Scan 37 of 126

Tuesday 13 Sept.49. 4th day of excavation. _________ (Fine weather) 9 o'clock. opening of tomb 1. Zone 86. pt 18 depth 2m00 bronze arrowhead - pegging out of trench K. by Forrer Zone 82 pt. 19 depth 1.25 small terracotta head - with pin having a spiral head (drawing) . in wall. + spindle whorl engraved green stone (depth 1.35.). near opening of well - and at the level of a grey pisé floor (depth of floor. 0.90) - Zone pt. 21. depthr . - sorting of sherds on the whole L. area (cleaning and heaps) - Widening to N in order to excavate well (or tomb in Z. L. 82. - 11 h. - start of trench K. W. part of Z. K 37 to Z K. 67. between 82 and 87 zone of buildings (walls) deep, starting at about 2.m 10 present ground (dressed stones + rubble) under grey and white pisé floor

Traces(drawing)between 88. and 98
of excavationszone without construction
oldfrom 2m.20 (floor
between 93. andpresent. but several
98 -cavities (tombs?)

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

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