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Notebook·34 CDF art. 136-1·1963

Excavation notebook of Johnstone, Enkomi 1963, 15th seasonW. Johnstone

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Handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 1 of notebook 34 CDF art. 136-1 (Excavation notebook of Johnstone, Enkomi 1963, 15th season), handwritten in English. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 136-1, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 1 of 196

Drawing: plan of five trenches 320E to 324E showing walls, pits, a street and a kiln; labels: 320E; STREET; PIT; WALL; 321E; PIT; WALL; PIT; PIT; WALL; 322E; PIT; KILN; 323E; PIT; WALL; 324E; PIT; WALL; WALL; WALL; WALL; N

Notebook begun 2/10/63. W. JOHNSTONE Tr | 320 E | at depth of 0.80 m | ENKOMi Tr | 321 E | at depth of 1.10 m. | 1963 Tr. | 322 E | at depth of 1.08 m Tr. | 323 E | at depth of 1.08 m. Tr. | 324E | at depth of 0.80 m. State State at commencement:- Tr. 320E Road at 0.35m. Pit excavated in Road to depth of 1.50 m. White floor at 0.80 m. N/S wall at 0.82 m. E/W wall at 1.10 m, appearing at distance of 1.50 from E baulk for 1.00 m. Earth floor at 1.30 m.

Tr. 321E 0.60 cm. of white floor of Tr. 320E at 1.10 m level, white floor with grey ash 1.50 m of N/S. wall of Tr. 320E Pit appearing in E baulk Second Pit excavated to 2.00 m.

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

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