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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 13 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 13 of 196

3/X/63

Stamp: 7

Tr. 323E Fragment of iron slag? Depth 1.90 m Same position as Bronze Nail Fragment p 5 Kept for possible analysis. 1139 Tr. 322E Well shaped round construction of undressed stones partly under N wall of trench : top at depth of 1.75 m. Tr 322E Exporation of protective stone wall around kiln : top of wall appears in this trench about depth 1.45 m. Width 0.60 m. Extant length on E side 2.00 m. extending originally perhaps 1.00 m. further N. This protective wall is rectangular : the interior corners between it and the brickwork of the kiln being filled with roughly squared stone

Drawing: plan of kiln with brick, fill and protective wall, north arrow; labels: KILN; BRICK; FILL; PROTECTIVE WALL; Tr. 223E; EXCAVATED TO FOUNDATION; N; Tr. 322E; Tr. 323E

(The N brick wall of kiln has been pushed inwards by Reconsidered. an intrusive stone; or rather one stone (extreme W of N side) of medial stone layer appears 5 cm. out of alignment)

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

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