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 53 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 35Scan 53 of 126

pt 30 / photo,Tr. K 2.76, at 1 m 05 numerous fragm. pottery. p Painted krater + cylinder + (drawing) Under collapse .....

Tr K , 2.70 about 0 m 50 painted sherds of the XIIIth and a sling bullet (drawing) in t. c.

Tomb 2. Continuation of clearing. Appear new gold strips, small silver objects, silver ring, and a sort of gold sheath. In the middle appears rectangular pit in which we see pottery. To the S of this pit lies on the floor of the burial chamber a skeleton oriented E - W (head) (head) which was accompanied by gold and silver objects. — Evening we remove provisionally for safety objects precious, mark places and make inventory. The silver cup, damaged, contains a bowl in silver bronze covered on the ext. with a network of gold and silver strips ( ? ) forming designs (drawing) ?

Tuesday: make plan, replace the objects, film and photos. Detailed plan!

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

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