Notebook·34 CDF art. 134-5·1965

Enkomi-Alasia excavations, 1965: notebook of W. JohnstoneW. Johnstone

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 105 of notebook 34 CDF art. 134-5 (Enkomi-Alasia excavations, 1965: notebook of W. Johnstone), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 134-5, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 53Scan 105 of 124

30/ IX /65

E 1 stands on flat base E 4 composed of 2 stones in total c 2.20 [illegible] m. long. (the one visible in illustration E 4 is c. 1.40 × 0.80 m. at its top – depth still not yet known – excavation continuing in part marked 5) E 1 is also bossed at its N end. E 2 plain dressed block. c. 1.00 × 0.44 × 0.85 m. E 3 lower than E 2 by 33 cms. full dimensions visible only after excavation of next trench. Tr. 108 N (-1.20 m) Spindle whorl – biconical in green steatite decorated on each cone with 6 incised (drawing)

Drawing: small circle with central dot] decorations. Pierced vertically:

embedded in Floor I pt. 1357

Tr. 5N Sounding B Pt 1348 in Level II a second Mycenaean III C bowl (item 9). Total depth c. 2.70 m located below Item 5 (sketch p 45) Planned by M. Nicolardot

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

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