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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 65 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 27Scan 65 of 102

6th day of excavation. Saturday, 11 Nov. 1961. Fine. At 6h m. t: 10°C Continuation of the excavations, until 11 h, then pay. R. to s. Sea bath, lunch at Karageorghis's in the Salamis forest excavations.

Sunday, 12 Nov. 1961. Fine. Correspondence, good sea bath. Lunch at Loïssos, Famagusta. Rest, letters and study plan Petit Castel Blanc.

7th day of excavation. Monday, 13 Nov. 1961. Fine after mist morning. - Continuation of the excavations and opening of 2nd trench N-S. R. to s. of special. (Sea bath). Still quite hot at noon (stormy ?). 8th day of excavation. Tuesday, 14 Nov. 1961. Fine, at 6 h + 11°C.; 10 h sun: 30°C. - Sea bath. Continuation of excavations. A few photographs. R. to s. of special. Many stratigraphic and architectural observations. But still few finds. All the tombs plundered.

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

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