Notebook·34 CDF art. 127·1955–1957

Excavation notebook for the 9th and 10th seasons at EnkomiClaude 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 117 of notebook 34 CDF art. 127 (Excavation notebook for the 9th and 10th seasons at Enkomi), handwritten in French and German. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 127, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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the excavations at 11 h 1/4 threatened by flooding the tent. Set aside. Strong gusts of wind. Excavations had to be stopped for the rest of the day, ground too damp. "Sauvetage" of Odile with Jeep to the shore, but, as there has hardly been any rain, she returns alone with the Jeep. — Afternoon I reopen tomb P 32 photo and instruct Kuss & de Contenson to begin excavations by making a plan. The cone of slabs limestone on which the cup 1 had been placed which had settled there when it had ceased floating on the water that had invaded the tomb; this cone contained no vessel or bones, which proves that these are materials fallen from the ceiling. Some bones + a human phalanx with ring in bronze were recovered at the level of the "threshold" of the door. c. in the axis of the tomb and a little below the level of the dromos juglet of the Jehoudiyeh type, still

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

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