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 67 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.

Page 31Scan 67 of 140

N.B.: no page 30 [= beginning of the discovery of the SDL ...] Wednesday 15 November 1961

Fog in the morning. Very hot after 10h30 Completion of the excavation at the bottom of the pits and of tomb 629, then opening of the new trench 130->138, east of the previous one, at 8h30 = Sanctuary of the IDOLS From tomb 629 comes a plaque rectangular of bone, appearing engraved with a design. ?

Zone 137, bronze pin, pt 632 twisted shank, head square in section (?), found at -0 m 15 (_+ Idol t.c. arms_ _spread = _Iron I__

The stripping of the burnt floors, zone 106 clearly brought out the superposition of 2 lime floors, both covered with a layer of ash. In the ash, on the lower floor uncovered a true bed of sherds cf. p. 27

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

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