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 31 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.

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Tr. 420E Alongside wall noted above p15 and at same depth runs a wall 90cm. thick of rough stone giving together a total width of 1.45 The Northern face of the well dressed stone lies about 0.90 m. S. of the street.

Tr 422E Pit excavated to bed-rock : depth 1.90m

Tr. 421E White floor reached at depth of 0.85 m

Tr. 423E Narrow wall noted p12 apparently associated with white floor level 0.65 m

Tr. 422E Excavating W of Pit : burnt sherd at depth of 1.10 m

Tr. 422E W/E wall of double roughly dressed stone runs across and is interrupted by S side of Pit : depth of surface 0.60m

Tr. 424E Dark brown and orange soils at 1.05m

Tr. 424E Pit - excavation carried down to rock level : to depth of 1.90m.

Tr 422E Round stone : depth from surface 1m. Diameter 34cm height 30 cm 1215 with hole incised through centre, diam. 13cm Horizontal hole bored through from side to side ? olive press or grindstone for wheat

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

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