Notebook·34 CDF art. 129-2·1958

Kuss notebook, Enkomi excavations, 11th seasonClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 11 of notebook 34 CDF art. 129-2 (Kuss notebook, Enkomi excavations, 11th season), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 129-2, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page _2_Scan 11 of 57

Departure again from Larnaca 2 1/2, arrival at 3h 1/2 at Enkomi-Alasia-Camp. All there (Kuss, de Contenson, Mikhael and Aitken). Settling in, chatting, bath in the sea. Sunday 21 Sept., at 1h +33°C in the shade Terrace. Studied the records and observations made by Aitken and Kuss, then examination of the ground and soundings in the Southeast part of the town: Results poor as we had foreseen. Determine zone to explore from Monday onwards. Bath in the sea at Salamis. Then lunch 12 1/2 and rest. Tidying files, letters and tea, then again quickly to Salamis where I lost glasses (found again) and during the journey drove the hired car (Morris). Evening notes, dinner, bed, A young cat was left with us in the dark so that we would adopt it. We decide to keep it.

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

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