Notebook·34 CDF art. 126-1·1954

Excavation notebook, 7th season Enkomi-AlasiaClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 16 of notebook 34 CDF art. 126-1 (Excavation notebook, 7th season Enkomi-Alasia), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 126-1, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 16 of 72

Thursday 16 Sept.I arrive by PAA plane at 2130 (= 7 h 30 Paris time) at Beirut, having left Paris in the morning at 9h45.

Friday 17 Sept.having wished to leave again for Cyprus, Abdul Hak informs me by telephone from Damascus that Museum with sel. RS will be inaugurated Saturday and asks me to come to D. to attend & make a speech to the Min. I accept.

Saturday at Damascus by van. 6h30 to 23 h, then return to Beyr. where arrived 2h30

Sunday 19 Sept.at 16 h departure by plane for Nicosia ].

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

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