Notebook·34 CDF art. 124·1950–1953

5th and 6th seasons at Enkomi, excavation notebookClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Handwritten in French and German. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 141 of notebook 34 CDF art. 124 (5th and 6th seasons at Enkomi, excavation notebook), handwritten in French and German. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 124, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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Pt. 86. at 0,55 below the present level, fl. bull and incomplete, intact i. in angle wall and many associated sherds iron (XII or XIth) drawn, then 0,75 same c.

Pt. 87. at 0 m 80 on floor I (the highest in relation to the present level) statuette of Teshub in bronze with trace of cloth round body and legs. (same piece as the 2 ingots Pt. 88 } votive, Pt. 71 (p. 52) fgt. of pottery intact i. grey, p. ê. Iron Age but difficult to date. , (continuation of points, p. 60)

Thursday 3 DecemberFine. 7h +1°C. Excavations only by the specialists to finish the floors and tombs (plundered) to the N of bldg. 18 and excavations with 10 men at the W.f. in the building (?) outside enclosure wall of the sounding towards the No . . . . .

Drawings, surveys and inventory. 12h to the sea to take bath, temp. s/sand +20, in the sea 18°C. Afternoon continuation of surveys and drawings and inv. 4h 1/2 at Famagusta. shopping.

[?sl.- [?raFriday 4 Decemberfine. Continuation of excavations to the N of bldg. 18, and N and S of temple area. Obs. the E-W streets are exactly 40 paces from one another others = c. 32 m. I will have it checked by the architect. The street ] to the south of our building 18 called so far will be street ] V or fifth first avenue, the E-W street which divides my bldg. 18 from the "temple

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

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