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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 297 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 59Scan 297 of 343

6/11/57 Excavation continued at Pts 32W., 133, 134, 130 -

Pt 133: at 3.75 depth: 1 pin or awl in bronze, 1 figurine foot in bronze, other fragments of bronze objects -

North baulk Pt 126, material layer 3/ (2.00 to 2.10): the identifiable sherds seem Late Bronze -

Tomb 32, West chamber: removal of 4 vessels (Pt 43 to 46)

Tomb Pt 133: at 4.00, layer of white limestone with Mycenaean sherds -

Pt 134, plan and communication with Pt 133 -

Drawing: plan of two connected chambers with hatched walls and dashed lines; labels: Tomb d'enfant; Pt 134; Pt 133; non fouillé; non fouillé

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

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