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 23 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 4Scan 23 of 198

(pl. 63) 1949 Examination of the floors at point EC21 of the large building 18. Against a pillar forming the west wall of a kind of corridor with remains of stairs, we have left in 49, a series of floors in place as witness. The first of these floors left in place was at 12 cm c. below the top of the pillar, against the west face. It consists on the surface of a crust of grey earth

Drawing: stratigraphic section showing two hatched floor levels and vertical measurements; labels: surf. pilier; sol 1; 12; 12; 30; 57 cm; sol 2 ?] about 12 cm thick. It is

See Forrer section.The trough with slag restson a layer of thin ashes whichcovers the original floor of the large building.the strong burning of the neighbouring pillaris probably related to this install.followed by a layer thick of mainly of earth ashy earth and burnt earth with 2 sherds (in bag) coarse pottery, diff. to be dated; in the earth above below. This layer under the surface of floor 1 (30 cm thick) has blackened the neighbouring pillar rests on and a layer of ashy earth fine, grey, spreading at 0m60 below the surface of the neighbouring pillar at the East. On this floor 3 sherds (in bag)

Margin left: of foundry .

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

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