Notebook·34 CDF art. 133-1·1960–1962

Enkomi, excavation notebook of the 13th, 14th and 15th seasons, 1960, 1961 and 1962Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 37 of notebook 34 CDF art. 133-1 (Enkomi, excavation notebook of the 13th, 14th and 15th seasons, 1960, 1961 and 1962), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 133-1, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 10Scan 37 of 102

vertical line6h + 16° C (shade) 11h + 29° C (shade) + 36° C sun. 18th d. Monday 26 Sept. 1960 Fine, after a fairly cool night. Deposit of a shovel, a ring and 2 sickles in bronze in the same layer as the fine cyl. with 2 registers in haematite. Misc. others pts trv. but nothing important. — The paving at the S end of our excavations seems to be of the Sub-Mycenaean period according to the present indications. See at Fam. the present Commissioner (Turkish) and collect information for transport car to Beyr. on 8 Oct. and our possible departure. Misc. organisation of the work.

19th d. Tuesday 27 Sept. 1960 Fine, then strong wind which interrupts the excavations at 2h the workmen in the dust nor can no longer see anything. A small team only, sheltered from the wind in the base of trench S could continue. — When the storm stops, heavy rain - thunderstorm, first of the year! The toads come out 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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