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 47 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 82Scan 47 of 126

Saturday 17 Sept49_ - 7th day of excavation Fine weather the excavation continues in the W. part (Z. K) in the E. part cleaning and enlargements above T. II and tomb 1. clearing of T. VII. seems intact In T V clearing of bowls (including 1 in stone silver) and vessels + skull + another 1 stone bowl enlargement in Z. K. 59. (tomb?) " in Z. K 61 (tomb?)

Monday 19 Sept. 1949Fine. 8th day of exc.

Engaged more women; earth encumbers and difficulty in obtaining a contractor for removal of the accumulated heaps. K. Zone 68, at 0m 90 under under fine white floor in ashy layer fine sherd Mycenaean hydria painted. Opening of the transverse trench EW starting from L towards the Bronze House.

Tr. L. Z. 60 Tomb 4. 1 skeleton oriented ex. EWN E (head) - W complete in situ, was lying in very superfic. excavation in the chalk limestone.

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

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