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 227 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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29/10/57

Sector A: continuation of excavation of well Pt 91; earth alluvial greenish; very few sherds -

Sector B 1, north: continuation of excavation in cavity, perhaps tomb; very few sherds -

Sector B 3: continuation of excavation of cavity to the South of the East-West wall: fragments of pithoi Iron Age -

Sector B 4, bench between Pt 71 and Pt 64: excavation continued beyond the top of what seems to be a tomb dromos (2.80 depth)

Sector B 8-B 12: excavation continued beyond 2.00 - Sector Pt 106: excavation continued in cavity under the pt - Sector Pt 104 up to the East end of the trench: continuation of excavation (8 picks) -

2nd room to the East of Pt 103 (5th pick from the East end of the trench): Pt 109 - 1.50: biconical spindle whorl in black stone - … continues

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

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