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 59 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.

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11th day of excavation. Thursday 26 Nov. Fine. Cool in the morning and evening Visit of the Consul Gl de Fr. Baudouy in the afternoon +

Morning talk with Karageorghis, who came at my request to prepare the talk with Makarios.

No finds, but clearing progressing:

Afternoon, when I show the trench to the Consul of Fr. at Pt. 275 at 1 m 30 on the 1st floor from the surface, Iron Age, statuette of a deity bronze, seated, holding a cup in right hand. *

12th day of excavation. Friday 27 Nov. Fine Saw the start-up of the area. Pt Then leave at 8 1/2 for Nicosia. Settle bookings and air freight for departure Thursday 3 December. Then purchases at Collocassides, 2 cyl. + Egyptian ushebti. - See Dik. at the Museum to have the surface of the bronze statuette Pt. 275 of yesterday and head in ivory from the day before yesterday. - Then lunch with the Cons. Gen. Baudouy

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

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