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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 39 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 17Scan 39 of 343

Oct.26Wednesday, 16th day of excavation[page number: 17]

Continuing clearing of the south enclosure wall of the column building and replacing the stones - flat slabs removed to excavate the well to the N. In all, there was thus the following arrangement:

Drawing: plan of wells and stone slabs between north and south enclosure walls; labels: north enclosure wall of the building; well with curb; cellar ?; well Br. Réc. Ferr.; hole; inclined slab; south enclosure wall of the building; street; South

Thursday

Oct. | 27 | Thursday, (no excavation Survey by the architects and cleaning by lorry of the edge of trench 54. Departure 7h.30 for Nicosia: settle tickets airplane, then talk with Megaw: programme

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

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