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 17 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.

Page 6Scan 17 of 343

(The 2nd level corresponds to the surface of the most recent street and to the thresholds of the building uncovered in the 1949 area neighbouring.

~~[illegiblePt. 11 at the entrance (?) of the [illegible]~~] fine building, on floor 2 (at 1 m 15) sphinx (?) wing in ivory engraved or carved on the two faces. (Tr. S. 1)

Pt. 8, beside large jar crushed in the ashlar building (tr. S. 1) a few frags of object veneer gold and bronze

Mr Nicolaou (Cypr. of London) wishing to learn archaeology (pupil of Wheeler etc.). asks me whether he can help; I receive him for a week, on the arrival of Kuschke he must leave; otherwise too numerous. He will eat lunch with us.

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

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