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 59 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 30Scan 59 of 196

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Tr. 523E W. side of Ashlar block : antler on pebbly floor at depth of -0.90 m. Associated with this just to the W, ivory knife blade fragment : broken into many pieces. (Pebbly floor again in Tr. 524E)

Tr 522E Pit at extreme W. edge of sector , excavated to depth of 2.30 m. into rock In S. of edge of this pit a large oval shaped flagstone 1 m × 85 cm × 8 cm . covering dromos into tomb built with vault of dressed stone broken into by pit in Sector 423E cp. top of p 17 (the iron floor may have been caused by intrusive rain water).

Tr. 222/3E. Specification of kiln : Door still filled with pit material 9 large stones in place at foot of doorway Top of lintel - 1.45 m (Dimensions of Bottom side of lintel - 1.725 m lintel on p 27) Bottom of lintel to top of highest of 9 stones - 2.25 m At bottom of 9 stones , floor raised in mound (of clay)

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

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