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 61 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 25Scan 61 of 102

4th day of excavation, Thursday 9 Nov. 1961. Evening. Continuing excavations, the buildings of the Late Bronze with repairs and later divisions of Iron I are becoming clearer in plan. Another (8th) inscribed marble. Nothing special elsewhere. Inspection of the enclosure East and South East of the town, where earth brought down by the rains of winter covers it in places. It is necessary to carry out serious serieux levelling work with a bulldozer and traxcavator. Went to Famag. to speak about it to the prefect (Commissioner) but he is was outside the town. Appointment for next week. – Reply for tomorrow Friday: I will go to see Dikaios and our Embassy. This morning at 6 h: 12°/° C. Last night 14-15° C. Towards evening storm to the W. over Nicosia – Kyrenia. Here we were able to finish our day dry. – A few drops at 4 h 1/2 at the moment of stopping the excavations.

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

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