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 274 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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iron, bucchero, hemispherical bowl br. etc.

18th j. f.Friday 1 Nov., grey, heavy. night a few drops . Tomb (dromos ?) 126 yielded a gold diadem. Pottery continues . Photographs. Photographs in tomb 110 until the flash stopped working. Photogr. in tomb 118 with lamp and artificial light. Inspection following clearance of tomb 32 , chamber West. Storm interrupts excavations from 3 to 5 1/2 h. resumed . Appearance of numerous frgts and some vessels of the Middle Bronze. Bones still disconnected . —

18 1/2 j. f.Saturday 2 Nov. 1957_ Fine. Continuation , everywhere . Film-maker of the Television arrives 9h 1/2 at 4 p.m. after pay that I had made at 8h 1/2 to have fewer worries Agree with them convention and principle

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

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