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 115 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 58Scan 115 of 124

1/X/65.

Tr. 5N Sounding B Area West of Pit [1348]. In order to disengage Pit [1348] completely it was necessary to dig down in this area because Pit found to undercut overlying levels - see sketch p. 56.

Accordingly Trench cut E and W through level III leaving témoins on N & S sides showing irregular wedge of Level III noted in sketch p 43.

Level IV at a depth of c -2.05m found to extend whole way across from Pit to Cyclopaean wall : foundation level of Cyclopaean wall just above Floor IV which seems to continue below it : i.e. the suggestion that Cyclopaean wall belongs to Level II seems confirmed - it's later than IV and III is cut (cf p 43) to accommodate its foundation. This observation that Cyclopaean wall belongs to Level II seems confirmed in both Tr. 3/4 N and Tr. 7N. In Trs 3/4N Levels I and II are represented (see above p 51 ff.) while III does not appear.

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

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