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 83 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 50Scan 83 of 126

Wednesday 28 Sept.16th day of excavation, Fine._ 3h a few drops

Tr. M. 70. Photographed closing slab. and blocking in situ and removed from T. no 12. Then opening and entered it. Seems intact. A broken jar, seen on the side E.

Examined base of the "menhir", tr L. It rests on a bed of c. 10 cm above the limestone rock. It cannot therefore be older than the last level. Moreover all the floors are in place in the vicinity.

Tr. M. 59, in large circular excav. (diam. 1m50) at 1m20 below surf. level, rock and + 2m below surf. (= 3m20 total depth) bone stylus. + painted pot. (end Myc.?

Drawing: outline of an elongated bone stylus with a pointed tip at the top and a perforation near the rounded base; labels: 4060

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

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