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 43 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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Forrer (tachymetry) – Excursion: North Coast (via Lefkonico), Bellapais, Kyrenia, St. Hilarion.

Monday 11 Oct.54_ . 6 h : 17°C. 26 th day of excavation Continuing the survey. 12 workmen & workmen continue at the extremities of the enclosure to close the last gap. Examination of the pottery. Enclosure R 36 + 8m. from 1 to 1m90 in sandy earth under conoï sherds blackish and reddish probably 4th and 3rd c. BC. R 46 of CC (cocinos) cf. p. 5, at 1m, two frags., probably 12–11th c. R. 46, from beige layer at 1m50 (at the level of the upper course of buttress, in corner, under CC: several frags. almost certainly XIIth - XIth c. R36 (to the south) [2 m to the S.], in brown earth - or reddish, under conos, at the level of the top of the stones of the wall, several frags. Late period, of which

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