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 15 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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… where the question of removing the earth becomes difficult. Old spoil has not been removed as agreed with Megaw in winter and the new spoil is not going away fast enough with the tipper lorry . Think about where to set up a possible new trench .

Oct. 10Inv. no._?Monday . 3rd day of excavation. Hiring of nx workmen and starting trench N. of Area tomb 2 + 5 (194. ) . Decided to hire ox cart to help the removal of earth (called tr. N. 1.) The other tr. , to the S. , called tr. S 1. Here at point 6 (depth 0) fine stylus in bone and frag. of 1st 2nd (surely at the level of the 1st 2nd floor. Inside the

Drawing: elongated pointed object, stylus

Inv. no.pt. building, where 1st floor is missing. Clearly above the 2nd level. Point 7 (tr. S. 1) pebble with flat base, perhaps weight at 1 m , depth 2nd level.

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

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