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 96 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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of the wall, but for the time being not to remove further until I come. – If you have ox-carts or lorries hired you should use them to remove the heaped earth of our old excavation north of the long E-W trench with Tomb 2 and the N-S excavation leading to Dikaios' excavation. You can also have the earth removed from our old northern trench so that the area there is cleared for further digging. – Pay day Saturday, or if too complicated give a good advance to the workmen & tell them the accounting will be Monday or Tuesday. done. – My wife has a blank cheque to withdraw money. Also Mr Megaw still has 3-400 £ to pay me, which you can if necessary collect. – Perhaps our system with individual cards as in R.S. is preferable. Buy such in Famagusta & give each workman his card with a date stamp per day's work & in the evening a counter-mark as in R.S. If you have Michael he can of course, as before, do the accounting . – I fly from here Thursday, so write me a report letter by Wednesday. – With best regards to all colleagues & courage and until we meet again soon, cordially C F A Schaeffer.

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

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