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… bronze tang, badly oxidised. Near the skull a bronze dagger with four rivets (two of them loose), l. : 19 cm, uncovered immediately at the foot and to the west of the large jug or jar in plain ware. The whole north half of the skeleton had been destroyed by a "pit" recognised during the first week of excavation. The skeleton lay directly on the rock. The skull, hardened in place with the aid of Peligom glue dissolved in acetone, was able to be removed in one block without difficulty, as were the bronze objects. By chance, during an unexpected visit by Mr and Mrs Nicolaou, at the end of the day, made it possible to arrange the transfer immediately to the Nicosia Museum, of the bronzes to be treated.
In the evening, departure from Famagusta on the Russian ship Felix Djerzinsky, for Latakia where we disembarked on the Wednesday Tuesday morning.
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain