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 79 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 39Scan 79 of 186

Monday 22 Sept. Stop of the temperature readings, taken by Mr Schaeffer. 19 men, 20 women The previous week ends with 18 soundings of which three are still in progress, and two have been interrupted this morning. sounding 26 today yields an excellent sign of a tomb, while the finishing of tr. (22. 23. 24. 25) brings about the transfer of 11 couples towards the new NS area. (H I J 2 to H I J 7) sounding 36 immediately reveals the baulk - street that we were expecting. Between his various sample takings, Aitken tests an area J K L 2, J K L 7 tangent at J to the area currently under excavation, which will be followed by L M N 2 L M N ? in a northerly direction. the rumours of disturbances expected around the 1st October are becoming more definite and Aitken must if possible bring forward his departure.

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

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