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 53 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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women (shovels).

Thursday 10 October1r j. f. Fine. Fairly hot during the day. 2 h 20: sun = 33o C, shade tent Hiring, distrib. tools and = ?. placing of the workmen. Made to them translated by Mikail a short welcome speech and told them that we work together in the exploration of the history of their country native, which has a great past. That I consider them as collaborators and not as workmen, and that I count on their goodwill. I open 2 small areas to the South of House 18.

Drawing: plan of trench areas with hatching and directional arrows; labels: wall E-W; excavations 1957; part excavated in 1949 + 1950; North; excavations 1957

at 0 m 30 Pt. 1 = base of jar overturned, used as a lid skull of skeleton in situ.

Floor of last occupation = Pt. 2: Floor at 35.

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

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