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 61 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 24Scan 61 of 78

Lapussi and Odile. Very lively conversation thanks to the Consul and Odile.

Saturday 28 Nov.13th d. f. A few clouds form , evening and night strong wind.

Morning, I have the eastward widening of the N-S road uncovered yesterday opened up, a trench E-W, for this widening may be the beginning of a square in front of an important building which I suppose to the East and of which fine walls have e.g. appeared already to the East of the "Sanct. de la lune". — This one This widening is, in fact, oriented towards the main entrance of the town on the side of the sea ("Hohlweg" next to our camp) and I dream that it is the palace... I study the orientation from the top of the cliff. and it indeed seems to me that this widening of the main N-S artery could be connected with an important building which would be placed thus facing the main entrance and between the 2 streets

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

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