Notebook·34 CDF art. 135-3·1962

Excavation notebook of Lagarce, 15th season, Enkomi-Alasia, 1962Jacques Lagarce

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

Scan 147 of notebook 34 CDF art. 135-3 (Excavation notebook of Lagarce, 15th season, Enkomi-Alasia, 1962), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 135-3, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 74Scan 147 of 226

Zone 119 E, 0,80 to 1,05 m = thick layer of ashes.

Zone 114 E, the layer of red earth is stops towards 1,05 m to the west. It slopes down from east to west, as does the floor on which it rests, yellowish floor, quite friable. Pottery: small sherds with one black face = BM?

Trench NT,= the mechanical shovel which was removing the spoil from the first trench has provo ked a subsidence of ground, creating a funnel whose lowest point lies at the SW of zone 102 (depression relative to the original level = c. 0,35 m. The excavation must make it possible to determine the cause of this subsidence.

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

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