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 77 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 47Scan 77 of 126

Monday 26 Sept. 49. 14e day excavations.

Reflection: in the modern village of Enk. also the houses are placed on the spots where the ground rocky outcrops. - I believe same desires ensured the inhab. a solid and dry site in this ground near river and delta. - If my observation is right, one would only have to sound the ground: where the chalk is near the surface = there would be buildings to clear; where deep not. - To verify.

4058NS 491 at 1m50 against wall spindle whorl lead + large arrowhead br. or dagger + fragm. pottery XIV - XIIIe.

NS 495, at the place where was found the slag and melted objects in br. (see drilling 25) at 2m80 on the chalky rock. fragm. pottery early Br. Rec + bichrome, near foundation (see next page 497)

M 82 at 0m70, below layer inc. last level scean XIIIe - XIIe (drawing) with coarse pottery appar. low th. XIII - XIIe

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

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