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 25 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.

Page 13Scan 25 of 196

7/X/63

Tr. 222 E Animal bone (burnt) ? Toe | 1201 in 2nd level of N baulk of Kiln. Tr. 222E Needle in Bronze on surface of '3rd white block floor' in N. baulk of kiln ie 4th. level cf. p10. Traces of burnt charcoal in this level. Tr. 420/21 E Red slag / white grit level 0.60 m Tr. 422/23 E White floor appearing under red soil 0.65 m. Tr. 423 E Wall noted above (p 12) - only vestigial remains 0.70m in length. Foundation in level noted immediately above. In same trench a N/S wall : depth 0.60 m at extreme W of trench running N to a right angled corner at the extreme N end of Tr. 422E where it turns E. On the same line as this wall but interrupted by the Western pit in Tr. 424 E, there is a brown mud-brick wall (red-brick in places) 85 cm. thick plastered on both E and W sides. Appears to be Western doorpost of Northern doorway into sanctuary.

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

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