Notebook·34 CDF art. 129-1·1958

Notebook of Roger Kuss, Enkomi excavations, 11th seasonR. Kuss

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 113 of notebook 34 CDF art. 129-1 (Notebook of Roger Kuss, Enkomi excavations, 11th season), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 129-1, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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each member of the mission attends to his respective tasks. bath at 11 h, then holiday lunch on the beach. the afternoon by its calm and the work that it allows us to do comes to complete the day of general strike in Cyprus.

Thursday 2 October18 men 19 women pegging out and opening of the first real trench, northern part of the area begun Monday. the work of the tractor has reduced the floor to dust over 10 cms and compacted the subsoil over 20 cms. level of -0.70 at the end of the area. collection usual of holes already excavated. 10h30 examination of the line of the road along the W. rampart, which to allow a line of trees, has been too close to our excavations. Mr Schaeffer goes to the Commissioner. to propose the scheme:

Drawing: schematic cross-section showing a road, a tree on a slope, and an upright stone block; labels: road; rempart.

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

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