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 300 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 62Scan 300 of 343

Loose sheet: folded out at the top, showing the reverse of the drawing on the previous page in mirror image

7/11/57 Excavation Tr III, B5-B8, North; beyond 1.25 B1-B4; beyond 1.25 A: continued north of the road - except on the walls of fine masonry, where one sees a rubble infill of mudbrick inside. Pts. 126, 130, 134, 133 - Extension of South Trench by 4 m. towards the East to pick up the alignment of the former trench -

North baulk Pt 126: at 2.40, in the northern part, the bedrock table is reached; the wall which lines the north face is founded on the rock; the ash layer (2) (1.90 to 2.00) passes over the top of the wall, which is blackened by fire - Collection of sherds from layer (4), (2.10 to 2.40) - … continues

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

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