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 91 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 45Scan 91 of 186

18h00 . at the village, coffee offered to the mission, by the village priest. during lunch, mock landing on the road by a Piper Cub.

Saturday 27 Sept. 18 men 21 women. on waking, dense fog settled to about twenty m. and dissipating rapidly. We are trying to conclude in each sounding before the complete move of the area trench 41, tested by Aitken gives, in addition to the traces of an ordinary hearth, various materials fired, comparable to bricks, and a very high density of crushed pottery (fragments) a sort of firemouth to the north and the inclination of the materials would suggest a kiln. ( potter's kiln, judging by the pottery ) 10h30 pay of the workmen 15h00 Michaël takes us to the potter of the village to examine his own kiln. Oct demonstration by the potter then visit of the installations from the drying chamber to the kiln, of course.

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

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