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 63 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 25Scan 63 of 78

Continued from p. 24 B

… too cold and windy to bathe, but good sunbathing. Afternoon rest, sun, then letters.

Sunday 29 Nov.Clouds & a few clearings, strong NE wind 7h 1/2 = 8°C. 11 h = 10°C strong wind. 12 h = 13°C " " Accounts, preparations for departure before that of Kuss Tuesday. Letters & Calculations.

Monday 30 Nov.59_ fine, cool. 6 h: 5 1/2 °C. Resumed excavation in the eastward widening East of the N-S street between Pi 53 and 54 and along the N-S street pij 51-56

Pt. 291 at 1 m 20 immediately to the S of sanctuary called of the Moon (1958) not far from a huge accumulation of fine ash, and near small circular stone trough, complement found of the lunar stone in calc. blc yellow (from last year found, making full moon joined.

Important discovery — palace ??

At the widening of the N-S street between pegs 53 and 54, [illegible] under 50 cm of this raising of the

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

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