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 107 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 54Scan 107 of 124

30/IX/65. – 1/overline{X}65.

Tr. 4N Pottery of fireplace pt. 1339 Level I. c 35 sherds all Plain Wheel Made Ware – disc base 4.5 cm di. Rims:-

Drawing: four cross-section profiles of pottery rims with diagonal hatching; labels: < 1.2 >; < 1.5 >; < 3 cm >; < 2.5 >

Tr. 5N Sounding B Level II Pt 1348 vessel 3 found to contain about 6 clay discs pierced each c 4.5 cm diam (drawing). c 2.5 cms thick.

Tr. 3N–4N Level II (–1.25 –> 2.00 m) Brick fall around dressed stones c in sketch p. 51. Pottery :- c 265 sherds. c 3 fragments of jug in Base Ring Ware ? scooped up from lower level 2 fragments of Late Mycenaean bowl (2 handled) with spiral decoration with cross. Ware pink cream slip matt dark red paint badly worn

Drawing: sherd with concentric circles/spirals and central Maltese-style cross, and to the right an outline of a two-handled bowl; labels: <; < 6 cms. >

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

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