Notebook·34 CDF art. 130-1·1959

Excavation notebook, Enkomi, 1959Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 5 of notebook 34 CDF art. 130-1 (Excavation notebook, Enkomi, 1959), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 130-1, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 1Scan 5 of 78

Wednesday 11 Nov.1st day of exc. in trench S-N to the W of House 18 and "Temple" over 4 m w. and c. 84 m l. At 0m95 appears the 1st floor of the beginning of the Iron Age and of the pillars of a very fine building We arrive, Oe and I, from Nicosia at 4 h ½ at Enk. after leaving Beyr. by plane at 11 h ½ and stopping at Nic. for lunch and to see Muni + Dikaios.

see p. 3Thursday, 12 Nov.fine. cool. 2nd day of exc. Pt. 218 with 1 spindle whorl, between stake 0-1 " 219 at 0m80 2 pottery vessels in situ, pi. 3-4 " 220 at 0m95, on whitish floor pi. 7-8 Iron Age - tripod cooking pot = last floor of the oc- — at Alasia " 221 at 0m90, piq. 7, weight made of a large pebble.

Friday, 13 Nov.fine, cool. Clouds to the N. 3rd day of exc.

Pt. 222, layer point 0m95, pi. 7-8.

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

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