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 23 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 23 of 196

Drawing: plan of five contiguous rectangular trenches with outlines of pits inside; labels: 420E; STREET; PIT; 421E; PIT; PIT; 422E; PIT?; PIT; 423 E; PIT; 424E; PIT; PIT

Tr. 420E Excavated to level of EW/ street, 0.30 m. Several sherds removed to grid Pit

7/X/63 Tr. 423E Wall N/S : narrow - one stone thick appearing at depth of 0.15 m. Tr. 422E Floor level appearing : depth 0.40 m Red slag with white grits. Tr. 222E N baulk of kiln Dismantling begun - under brick layer c/o black charcoal fragments found and in layer burnt sherds. Tr. 421 E Fragment of pitted grey/black stone 44×42×10 cm. smoothed depression towards centre ? Quern : Pit depth 0.60 m. Tr. 222E N baulk of kiln : just in 1st white floor (0.80 m) fragment of charcoal. found in dismantling

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

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