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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 7 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 7 of 198

Enkomi 1953 Scarab (+ ring), Pt 85 (1 m) Inv. no.: 32.

Fragment of scarab mounted as ring. What remains of it shows a wild caprid (bubalis), its two large horns visible.

New Kingdom style. influence oriental Between the end of the XVIIIe dynasty and until the end of the XIXème.

I think rather of the beginning of the XIXe or end XVIIIe

Newberry, Cat. Mus. Cairo. Scarab-shaped Seals pl. VII, nos 36667 - 36344 (not quite analogous

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

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