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 35 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.

Page 10Scan 35 of 72

1h : 33°C. shade. Pleasant wind.

Thursday 30 . Sept. 54. Excavations stopped: surveys topographic. Visit of the Commissioner from Famagusta: B. J. Weston, in the morning, and of A. H. S. Megaw, Director of Antiquities, afternoon. Arrange the site questions, removal of spoil, layout of the site, plant trees, photos aerial, state of my deposit at the Dep. Ant. Nic., land to rent ev. for cultivation. - Continuation of the work for the Introduction of the vol. on Akkadian texts by Nougayrol. Ven Friday 1 October. 18th day of excavation: 6 h: 18 1/2 °C. 12: 34° C. Continuation of clearing. We find corner tower at the extr. S W of the enclosure. Postern in the middle of the enc. W. becomes clearer, but not yet clear. 4h technician from Fam. comes to study removal of earth by Trax cavator etc. Their shows problems. They promise to do the work in Dec. Saturday 2 October . (19th day of excavation) _ 6h : + 17° C Continuation of the excavations enclosure W and S-W. R. to report Pay.

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