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 160 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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21/10/57 Tr II, sector A: excavation continued beyond 1.00 sector B: excavation continued beyond 0.50 sector C: cleaning down to the rock continued in C5 / C6 -

In A2, at 1.50, a layer of ash is reached grey, with red baked earth below -

In A8, at 1.20: Pt 63: 1/2 flask (drawing) in situ in reddish earth with white inclusions (prob. crushed brick earth)

Sector B: between 0.50 and 1.00: Iron Age pottery abundant. in B1 and B2, excavation stopped in the northern half, north of the East-West wall - towards 0.60 and continued only in the southern half - in B4, upper part of a pithos resting on the edge, apl. is removed at 1.00 of … continues

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

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