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 65 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 32Scan 65 of 186

Sunday 21 Sept. temp. 32° - a day of calm and rest, enlivened by a bath at Salamis. everyone attends to their personal affairs including the young cat which has settled in the kitchen, in place of the cook who is absent today.

summary of observations from 15 to 20 Sept.

trench 0 - no unusual reaction. (test) a coarse floor at - 0.58 no architecture, virgin soil at - 0.95 trench 1 - weak negative reaction ( wall ?) northern half formed by two superimposed hérissonnages, the lower of which is incorporated into the virgin soil. to the south, a village excavation filled in with stones. virgin soil at - 0.55 trench 3-4. intense positive reaction (cavity ?) traces of coarse surface floor - 0.15

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

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