The new discoveries at Enkomi in Cyprus, excavation season of autumn 1950Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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tradition handed down by Herodotus and Pausanias is dated to 1124 to

1104, by certain archaeologists to 1050 to 950. [handwritten: archaeology]

But for the study of this question, we have not yet

been able to obtain enough information at Enkomi.

We would therefore[handwritten: ,] for the moment leave it outside our

discussion.

To conclude, I summarise the stages of the stratigraphy of the palace

Mycenaean palace found at Enkomi, and of the inhabitants who were installed

[handwritten: in its entirety] after the fire, as well as the dates that we believe we can propose

for the main events in the history of Enkomi since the

second half of the XIVè century to the middle of the XIè.

[handwritten: 1.] End of the XIVè to the beginning of the XIIIè (in round figures between 1350 and

1250), foundation of the palace in the western part of the town and

seizure of Achaean power at Enkomi.

[handwritten: 2.] Between 1[handwritten: ?]25 and 1200, reoccupation of the palace at Enkomi by another

Mycenaean branch, using the fine pottery of the close style.

This event probably took place after the defeat of the Ahiyawas

[handwritten: au] Achaeans at Périr by Mineptah around 12[handwritten: /]49 according to the most

short chronology.

Its connection with the [handwritten: raide] of the Achaean Attarsija and the man of

Bigaya, is possible.

[handwritten: 3.] Between 1200 and 1150, fire of the palace and disappearance of power

Achaean at Enkomi following an invasion, and mass occupation of

the east coast of Cyprus by the naval branch of the Sea Peoples

among whom were Philistines.

It was the invasion that was then repulsed at the Egyptian

Ramesses III following his naval and land victory in the year

8, around 1163, according to the same short chronology.