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 111 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.

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Tr. 5N Sounding B Pit 1348 Excavated to depth of c 2.95 m. Floor stepped down in chonnos, at c 2.55 m , and 2.80 m View of W face.

Drawing: stratigraphic section of a pit and overlying layers with depth scale on the left; labels: -1.85; -1.95; -2.05; -2.15; -2.25; -2.35; -2.45; -2.55; -2.65; -2.75; -2.85; -2.95; -3.05.; III white floor; revetment wall; III; reddish-white brick fill; IV grey-white; floor; IV; chocolate earth; V grey white floor with copper slag; V; chocolate-ashy; VI grey white floor; VI; chonnos; Burnt layer.; VII; Fallen stones; brick VII; sherds of Item 10; unexcavated chonnos.; < 0.90 m >

Most noticeable is the dip in level III partly caused perhaps but only marginally so by

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

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