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 71 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 44Scan 71 of 126

Friday 28 . X . 49 . 12th day of excavation. Fine Tr N S 482, at 0 m 75 fragm. cylinder haematite in small room . near old excavation.

Tr. N-S. It seems to me that the bldgs. were founded there, where the chalky and calc. rock comes near the surface . Whereas where it sinks, one has left the site for gardens etc. To be verified .

Tomb 11 Began excavating from the half E . Near the pillar appears vase (drawing) in alb. In the E-S wall of the dromos are cut 2 elongated niches c. 85 cm diam. 35 cm h. and 50 cm depth in which are placed children nv born with minuscule vases .

NS 457 at 1 m 80 in hollow of the calc. rock near fragm. bichrome like Milia collapsed wall

NS 497 at 1 m arrowhead br. c

NS 493 at 1 m 62 near wall seal (drawing) in undisturbed earth with coarse pottery. prob. XIIIth . but difficult to date.

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

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