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 205 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 8Scan 205 of 343

Dismantling of baulk above Pt 91 - 0 to 0.50: superficial greyish earth, already removed. - 0.50 to 1.75: red earth with large elements of white limestone: pottery rare; 1 large fragment of bowl in green paste, with inturned rim, with black painted decoration in circles inner and outer concentric and strokes on the rim - 1 ring base: Iron Age - - 1.75 to 1.80: grey earth with charcoal, with in places at the base a white layer — floor: pottery rare; 1 rim of fine bowl, Iron Age, placed with the preceding - - 1.80 to 2.00: grey earth with charcoal: pottery rare and not characteristic. - 2.00 to 2.10: floor of burnt red earth, corresponding to the level of Pt 89: pottery rare, 1 bowl in fine white pottery: fragment of cut bone, fragments of bronze sherds with brown parallel lines decoration - Beginning of Iron Age - … continues

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

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