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 50 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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obten passage. – Sad this state of war and of revolt. What a deployment of forces to be unable to protect the innocent, nor to catch the murderers. Sea bathing. Return and prepare packages and letters and organise for departure fixed for Sunday.

Saturday 4 October.Fine 16 ½ ° C 6h: 31° at 1 h. Continuation of excavations 2nd tr. to the East temple area and various photographs: floors in place, Sanctuary au crescent lunar etc. Pay of the workmen deferred, because ap going with Kuss through roadblocks and curfew at Famagusta. We find everything closed, bank and et person in the streets, nor at the windows; dead town. At the door only 1 official who accepts my letters. Farewell to the workmen, gifts to the church. Sea bathing. – Rest. Photos, estimates and instructions to Kuss and Contensn and Mikail.

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

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