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 27 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.

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19 h = 26,5 °C.Saturday 27. Sept58._ 5 1/2: 17 1/2 °C, 12: 33 °C. - Dense fog at 5 1/2, cleared 6 h before sunrise. Finished the soundings in the South of the town in connection with the magnetic surveys of Aitken. – Reinspection of earth to be excavated from Monday in the East "temple area". Reflect on organisation of the mission during my departure. – Various photos, Pays, Bath. Afternoon studied the bread ovens and pottery kiln at Enkomi by comparison with our "kiln" found Tr. 41, pt. 25.

Sunday 28 Sept.58_ at 19 h: 23 °C. Morning bring the Enkomi potter to see our "kiln" found in the excavation. He believes it is one and gives his explanations. But it is necessary to clear further to be sure. Then go and photograph his kiln in the village – Sea bathing, lunch, then rest and visit of Rév. d' abbé Etienne de Vaumas, geologist to whom I showed the alluvium in the east-west street, which he considers very "bedded" and as brought by water, accepts my expl. heavy fall

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

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