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 71 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 36Scan 71 of 196

12/X/63.

Tr. 222/3 E contd):- E/W enclosing wall of kiln c. 4.05 m approx NE corner to W end of trench + the foundations of this wall are cut into the white rock and at this level are only 1 stone thick (c. 30 cms) at NE corner which is the only one exposed. (cf also p 7.)

Drawing: plan of corner with stones, bricks and rock; labels: Sketch of NE corner; rock; N; 67 cms; rock.; gap of 30 cms; Top of second foundation course of stone; bricks of lr ~~course~~ course; place for stone sill no longer in position.; stone surrounding wall

(NS)/ Width (to outside edges) of kiln at top of 9th brick course 1.70 m : this course is in poor state of preservation but giving the usual breadth of 32 cms to this top course the internal N/S breadth may be estimated to have been about 1.10 m. (at widest point) Interior breadth (E/W) (at widest point) at top of 9th brick course c. 2.35 m (hypothetical).

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

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