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 31 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 13Scan 31 of 343

the signs touched: T I The door with threshold to the W. from the base to the column is 3m 35, width of the threshold 0m 50

Oct. 21<- (well) / large hole with / the drums in / place.Friday, 12th day of exc. We take out the 2nd drum of the "column" from its hole. Upper diam. where the mark T I is: 76 to 78 cm. Diam. lower, which has no mark: 80 cm. We have the large hole emptied where were the 2 drums set in, by Panajota the "female Hercules". The "filling" of fine earth, 10h 1/4 sun + 34° F., shade 34° too greenish, fairly compacted, is mixed with large and medium blocks of limestone some of which are cut, that we set aside aside. Lower down appears, on the north side, edge of a large incomplete well, as if this well were earlier than the large monument to the column, beside it. Visit by Dikaios, showing him the new

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

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