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 23 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 12Scan 23 of 124

20/IX/65

shaped - possibly chiefly triangular One turned up, apparently roughly complete, by workers. Length c 20 cms. Section =

N.B. Brick appears to be concave

Drawing: hatched triangular section with dashed extensions and dimension arrows; labels: ? 15 cm; ? 13 cm.; ? 17 cm.

In order to determine the question of whether there were E/W brick walls joining city wall (and ? forming store chambers, guard rooms), a N/S \Exploratory\ \Trench\ was cut in Tr. 6N -> 8N immediately on E side of cyclopaean blocks c 1m wide

This exploratory Trench removes last traces of disturbed levels of preceding campaign.

stone fill appearing also in E side of Tr. 7/8N

Drawing: hatched rectangle] areas of especial brick

concentration.

Drawing: plan of trench along row of blocks with north arrow, stone clusters and hatched areas; labels: Témoin; Tr 8N; N; Exploratory Trench; Tr 7N; Tr 6N; Témoin

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

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