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 99 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 58Scan 99 of 126

I, 61, 0m80 weight + spindle whorl + piece of bronze.

Thursday 6 October23rd day of excavation. Fine.

N 83 at 1,40 carnelian bead. Opened trench in the region where the Swedes found their tomb no. 18 which is so important for the last period of Enkomi. - I have a team of workmen set up in close formation so as to arrive at the base before the rains, the ground here being closer to the river and more humid.

N 79, at 1m40 near excavations cland. statuette incompl. in terracotta

Friday 7 October24th day of exc. fine. Engaged 18 men + 18 women more. Whole length of trenches H - I worked over c. 110m~m~ long. E-W. Tr. W search for T18 (S) first pillars become visible. N 75 at 1m30, pt. 39, cylinder in paste, greenish + spindle whorl in t.c. between foundation and channels. prob. the most anc. level here. but not clear.

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

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