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 133 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.

Page 66Scan 133 of 186

Sunday 12 Oct.temp. 18° at 6h 30 31° at 12h 00 survey of the last two trenches, SE area photographed the soundings 41 and 43. report to Mr Schaeffer. bath, various occupations. summary of the observations from 6 to 11 Oct. trench 41 - positive react. (well ?) the installations seem to belong to the 2nd floor at - 1.00 the walls rest on a 3rd floor at - 1.50, and the south door? seems set on a relaying of stone which should be cleared. to the W, five blocks of fine masonry. no architectural installation confirming the thesis of a potter's kiln has been cleared. given the accumulation of pottery, it is possible to think of a kind of domestic store which the position of this small cell in the plan confirms. the earth blocks (33 × 37 × 13) which we had taken for bricks are certainly but were used there for a different purpose than a potter's kiln. they join with a facing of the basin

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

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