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 57 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 19 November

Trench 100 is completely disturbed by clandestine excavations. One can only note, at about 0,40m depth, a layer of ash which is found quite frequently -

Zone 7 ENT, pt 765, depth 1,55m = horn of bull or of bison (?). To compare with the 2 horns of goat found in zone 6 NT, and perhaps of the small horn of ibex, in bronze, pt 743 (cf p. 22)

Trench NT = A fragment of floor is preserved, to the N of zone 1, cutting at the same time into

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

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