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 37 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.

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Sunday 3 October. – Continuation of my work: Exposé préliminaire . Fine.

Monday 4 Oct.20th day of excavation, 6h: 20° C. Continuation of the excavations, postern in W enceinte = door at the end of the street which runs along the S façade of building 18. – We are pressing on with the W enceinte towards S to close the part not yet excavated here and to join the end of the SW enceinte. – (Finish Exposé Préliminaire). The enceinte here passes from the system of (drawing) applied to the S enceinte to the more (drawing) softened course of the W enceinte.

Tuesday 5 October(21st day of excavation) 6h: 13° C. , 9h = 26° C. 12h = 30° C Continuation of clearing the SW and W enceinte. Gap becomes more narrow.

In the afternoon went to Nicosia (via Larnaca where I visit Laperri, not there) to fetch Odile and J. Cl. at the airport. Arrived safely. The brought them and settled them at Enkomi – Happy. During the 3 hours of the afternoon, I did

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

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