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 191 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 191 of 343

Right page

Stamp: 98

Tr I, B4, below Pt 84: between 2.00 and the rock encountered at 2.30/2.50: layer of brown reddish earth with very abundant charcoal.

In A 11, boundary of Tr. I and II, in the dismantling of the floor immediately above the rock ([illegible]) between 2.05 and 2.10: sherds with painted decoration red (spirals): Pt 89. Neighbouring balk: 0 to 0.50: surface greyish earth 0.50 to 1.77: red earth with large calcareous inclusions 1.77: white floor, 3 cm thick 1.80 to 2.00: burnt layer (grey earth, very important numerous charcoal) Pt 89 <- 2.00 to 2.10: floor of burnt red earth 2.10: rock -

[sketch: curved blade with a hole at the wider endKnife? / dagger / with 1 rivet?Pt 90: old excavation: bronze blade] broken into 4 pieces - found in the gaps of a wall of fine slabs - accompanied by animal bones - c. 1.80 (sheep)

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

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