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 44 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 14Scan 44 of 57

Friday 3 October 1958Fine. 6h 160 1/2 C

Continuation of the excavations in the 2nd trench of the East of temple area. 2 superimposed floors of the Iron Age appear. An olive-shaped weight in haematite and broken pottery of the 12th-11th c. appear.

3-10-58 Οικονομος Χαριτων Visit of the 3 Brothers (monks) of the Monastery of St. Barnabas, our " " " Στεφανος Ιερομόναχος neighbours and the Papa of Enkomi. " " " Βαρνάβας Ιερομόναχος Αυτάδελφοι Ιεράς Μονής Αποστόλου Βαρνάβα

3-10-58 Παπ Δημήτριος Ιωάννου εφημέριος Έγκωμης

We found at the south end of the 2nd tr. East in the same room which yielded the statuette of fertility goddess: a limestone plaque cut in the form of (drawing) lunar crescent placed on the horns and beside it a plaque between 2 stones limestone on which are engraved 5 females life-size (l. c. 25 cm.) depth at c. 1 m 40). In the earth phalli in terracotta. The pottery found in the sanctuary

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

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