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 181 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.

Page 73Scan 181 of 198

Pt. 221 NTa at 1m20 in old excavation 1 sherd red on black. Pt. 222 NE, bldg. 18, at 1m75 below Niv. act. fgt. painted cup + can. lamp + fgt. XII-XI mixed Pt. 223 NTa at 1m25, dagger pommel in ivory engraved and decorated with a Cretan shield (dess.)

Pt. 224 at 2m40 (bldg. 18 NE) on natural rock floor 2 fgt. red on black + 2 spindle whorl (dess)

Wednesday 9 Dec 1953_ Fine, windy.

Continuation of the excavations at the south enclosure and at the E-W and N-S streets. - Protective measures for the area during our absence. Organisation of travel return of the collaborators and ourselves. Banks. - Thursday 10 Dec. 1953 Fine. 7 f. + 4 1/2 ComblTerres. Finish some soundings along the streets, notably of the N-S street which apparently stops a little to the S of the E-W area of 1949. - The S door, very complicated, could not be completely cleared. Work there has been stopped for this year.

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

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