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 290 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 23Scan 290 of 343

Removal of layer 4. the greenish clay below of 3.60 masks a opening caused at the South-West by the cutting of the later tomb 118. (drawing)

T. 32, West hall: removal of a new layer of material (Nos 37 to 42).

T. 110: removal of four fifteen vases complete to clear the entrance (Nos 1 to 15).

P 132: S.E. of Pt 125, hole which is probably a formerly excavated tomb (drawing)

Pt 133: West of Pt 125 2 m cavity, tomb formerly excavated. (drawing)

Written upside down on the upper unfolded flap:

P. 126: Layer 2: vases No 8 to 16 Layer 3: removal of vases which run from No 17 to No 25 and show the same sight Layer 4: lime layer + foot flat which it overlies in the North part at 3.40 Layer 5: from 3.60, greenish clay sterile -

Sketch layer 426 to 29: 3.40
30 and 31: 3.50

Drawing: plan of a trench with six vessels; labels: 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; Scale c. 1/10; North; [illegible]

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

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