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 63 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 8Scan 63 of 343

Continued from p. 7

… pt 16: stone weight dark grey (haematite?~marble?~)

Drawing: elongated oval outline] ; depth 1m ; in A 7.

pt 17: needle (? in bronze ; in A 5 ; 0.80 - Beside it, fragment of terracotta bull's head.

Material from 0.50 to 0.75 recovered: fairly abundant. Excavation continued beyond 0.75-

0.75 to 1.00 = same reddish earth with numerous calcareous elements; very little pottery. Material from 0.75 to 1.00 recovered. Excavation continued beyond 1.00: the earth appears blacker, in places, the pottery is very rare.

pt 18: pestle or weight in fine polished basalt (drawing) in A 12 ; - 0.75.

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

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