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 75 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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samples taken / by Aitkentrench 20 . positive weak floors at - 0.25 and - 0.50 to 0.80 virgin soil - 0.85 several changes of use at the same levels . the N.S. wall furthest to the E. was added later than the other walls the kiln was subsequently reduced .

trench 21 - positive strong (cavity) to the north natural depression of the virgin soil dropping rapidly from - 0.40 to - 2.15 alternation of deposits analogous to the layers of the streets . two skeletons E.W. at - 0.55 and - 0.75 trench 22-23 - negat. strong (wall) 24 - posit. weak strong (cavity) 25 - negat. weak (wall) trench sterile , traces of coarse floor at - 0.40 virgin soil - 0.50 rock to the N.W. at - 1.00

General observations - trenches 26 and 6-34 , 31 are still in progress .

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

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