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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 301 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 63Scan 301 of 343

Continued from p. 62

… Witness North Pt 126: 5/ 2.40 to 3.00: the landing ends to the North with a crevice in the rock with few sherds and much clay of decomposed limestone - Plan of Pt 126: Collection of material from layer 5. Work finished -

Drawing: schematic plan of Pt 126 with north arrow; labels: N; Palier; Fosse; Table rocheuse

Resumption of the excavation in the hall West of tomb 32

Witness North Pt 126: 4/ 2.10 to 2.40: the few identifiable sherds belong to the Middle Bronze. 5/ 2.40 to 3.00: all the pottery belongs to the Middle Bronze. the material of layers (4) and (5) is grouped - The stratigraphy encountered is therefore found again to the South of Pt 126 - … continues

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

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