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 43 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 13Scan 43 of 102

lack of credit, one week of excavations with c. 60 workmen and costs c. 700 pounds ss the maintenance costs of the Mission. Now we are at our 4th pay out of 4000 L of subsidy. less 500 for the travel. — We arrange to finish the trenches E and W down to the rock. — Fine building appears in the S area of trench E, a little to the N. of the paving paving.

4 h 1/2 visit of the Commissioner of Famagusta Adam, energetic and positive. Obtained bulldozer assistance to push the spoil further. — (Inform Mihail ). Pay, sea bath, lunch- afternoon work camp, inventory and corresp. — Confiscated rifle air fli of the garden wind shooting at birds of winds which nest in cypress the Mission. Sunday 2 October Fine. Morning 6h I go alone to the excavations to see what remains to be done for properly finish this season and see the state of the building 18 where there are weeds to remove and damage from ageing of the ruins. Notably the fine crucible is cracked and threatens to fall

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

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