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Notebook·34 CDF art. 134-1·1961

Topographic point book (points 564 to 698), South Area, Enkomi 1961H. de Contenson

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

Scan 3 of notebook 34 CDF art. 134-1 (Topographic point book (points 564 to 698), South Area, Enkomi 1961), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 134-1, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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XIVth Campaign (last year of Henri de Contenson) ENKOMI 1961

Monday 6 November 1961Opening of the excavations at 7h: trench aligned N-S to the east of the zone 67-77 of the 1960 campaign, i.e. to the east of the large paving = sectors 99 to 108.

Sector 103-104, uncovered traces of white floor from - 0 m 30.

Sector 105, haematite weight, (drawing) of good workmanship, at - 0 m 30, pt. 564.

Sector 107, chisel-adze in jadeite, at - 0 m 30, pt 565 (drawing) polished surface, plus tubular cylindrical bead in blue paste

Drawing: small cylinder] .

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

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