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 3 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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Monday 12 November 1962

Start of excavations at 7 h. Two trenches = to the north, one trench called North-Temple (NT), to the south a trench called West- Paving (W-D). I am in charge of the trench N.T. All morning, removal of the surface layer, poor.

Zone 5 pt 700, depth 0,25 m = small fragment of tool (?) in bronze -

Zone 4, at 0,30 m depth^, the earth becomes redder, the sherds more abundant, at the same time the top appears of a small stone wall, oriented NS (top at 0,25 m depth^)

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

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