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 181 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.

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more numerous, in the earth of infill of the "badja" (Analysis) The section above applies to the north south part of the area. In the south north part, the layer of grey earth thins out and disappears; the light red earth goes from the surface down to the dark red earth which covers the stone bed. On the stone bed, sherd: base of a jug neck without decoration, with grooves at the base of the neck. Other sherds, in greenish t.c without decoration, confirm that we are in the Iron Age. Quite at the south of the area, the sequence of layers is not the same: thick greyish layer on a white floor at about 1,25 m. - but this part is in relation

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

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