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Continuation of the excavations in the same trenches N + S around the "temple" and NE + NW of building 18. - Opening of a new trench to the NE of the bldg. 18, where the parts left over from 1950 were previously cleaned by specialists. Lunch at the English Commissioner's in Famagusta. Visit of the Assistant Curator Tricopopdis (?) spy for Dik, but very kind and very pleasant at tea. Talk about the division of the excavations to the N and S of temple area! - Received telegram from Bea that the Coll. de Fr. by 24 to 17 for Dupont-Sommer. has agreed to create a chair for me in Archaeology of Western Asia. Happy.
Tuesday, 1st Dec. 1953. at 7h +1° C., at 8h + 6° C shade. Opening of new tr. S temple area. At the extreme W, it seems a good tomb appears. Nothing so far. The hope of the large tomb to the NE of bldg. 18 vanishes. Looted.
Wednesday 2 Dec53._ at 7h +1° C. at 8h: + 4°
Resumed excavations on all fronts. Nothing so far but disappointing looted tombs.
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain