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 311 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.

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24th j. f.Saturday 9 Nov.Fine._ Continued N and S. walls. 18 and cleaning of inter. to clarify plan. Visit by Harding, former dir. of antiquities Jordan, currently in Cyprus (Limassol, Arab. broadc. station). Brought the excavation, the invit lunch. (Selection of workmen to keep: Pay 9 h to 9 1/2. Then stop, to offer 1 h work to the workmen for dec. tomb 110 intact. — Sea bath + sun Afternoon reading 32°C. 2nd layer vessels (c. 38) in tomb 110. Letters and think about the division.

Sunday 10 Nov.Fine._ Take colour photos of 2nd layer vessels in tomb 110. Long bath in sea and sun. delicious. Lunch rest, happy., letters dinner hotel at Famag.

25th j. f.6h: 11°Cheavy dew.X Monday 11 Nov. Fine cool morning Continued work p to clarify plan and finish trenches S-E. Photos in tomb 110. Film-maker comes to film and also

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

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