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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 53 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. 222/3E Kiln: Lead object crescent shape Depth -3.25 m. At S. wall. 11 cms. long. Tr. 222E. Pit cut down behind N side of door of Kiln to a depth of 2.60 m. Lintel = 3 115 × 70 × 27.5 cm. On N side, a slab 88 × 88 × 3.5 cm. covered the aperture : slab of white crumbling stone Pit on N side cut through red sterile layer and white rock.

Tr. 223E Skeleton 1285 Head, r. arm, pelvis, l. leg and foot removed and kept for study. Tr. 222/3E Pin in bone or ivory : depth 3.45 m floor of kiln beside S. wall Length 13 cms. Tr. 222/E Fragments of copper (slag?) on floor of kiln : also fragments of a copper pin

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

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