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of the general plan was that the square-plan windows which pierce the south facade of the palace.
On the other hand, neighbouring Syria and more especially Ugarit, whose relations with Cyprus are otherwise so frequent, as well as Egypt and Anatolia, provide us with no element of comparison.
Archaeological material recovered from the concrete floor, thick of 15 to 20cm, likewise brought [handwritten: illegible] either by Vol V from the present surface, make it possible to fix the date of construction of the palace, between 1300 and 1250 before our era.
It remained in use until about 1225, as attested by the pottery Mycenaean and Cypriot, the bronzes and the small objects.
It was then that its occupants, surprised by an attack, were expelled or exterminated.
Its fine residence was reconquered and restored without change by kings who used the fine Mycenaean pottery of the final style or class style, identical, down to the detail, to that of Ialysos.
It was therefore from Rhodes, or more generally from the region of the Dodecanese, that the new masters of Enkomi must have come.
These events which took place between 1250 and 1200 concern only the ruling class of Enkomi.
The tombs of private individuals, and we have found several of them in intact condition, show no trace of this corresponding penetration ding to the final Mycenaean phase of the classe style.
It is important to point out that the new occupants of the town, installed in our palace at Enkomi, respected the large family burial chamber fitted out in its basement, and the numerous gold objects which had been piled up there.
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