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 302 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 64Scan 302 of 343

Continued from p. 63

… North-South section, Ptt 126 (schematic)

Drawing: schematic cross-section of a pit; labels: N; 200; 240; 300; 360; 370; MB; Loose earth; gold objects; Pottery; Late Bronze; Burnt layer; Floor; MB; Pit filled with pottery thrown in loose, as refuse, with gold objects

clay deposited at the bottom of the pit between the time of digging and the abandonment or period when all the material was thrown into the pit - Filling of the pit: first loose earth, then at 2.40, the gold objects, then from 2.40 to 3.60, pottery piled up without earth -

Resumed removal of floors in A12, Ptt 91 - Under ptt 89, new floor (Floor V) 2.10 = 2.20 above, grey layer; below, ashes -

Tomb 32, West Chamber: removal after recording of bronzes and pottery (nos^^ 47 to 51) - … continues

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

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