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 43 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 22Scan 43 of 196

10/X/63

Tr. 422 E Stratigraphy of continued excavation in narrow chamber 1.75 × 1 m., S. of Pit :— 1. White floor level 1.30 cf p. 18 2. Brown/Red soil level to 1.60 3. Ash layer to rock level 1.70-1.75 In cavity or depression lay vessel 1224 bottom 1.90 m : photographed in situ Topographical point Tr. 421 E. Loom weight in pottery : depth 1.35 m Square in section 6.5 cm. long tapering from 2 cm. width at top to 3.5 cm. at base: hole towards top . Tr 421 E Ash layer 1.35 m red sterile soil appearing below 1.40 m Tr. 421 E Fusaïole biconique en stéatite : 1283 exact provenance uncertain (removed in shovel) but associated at depth of 1.35 with above loom weight : unadorned.

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

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