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 31 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 16Scan 31 of 124

22/IX/65

The following (so far) are the levels observed - Sketch of S wall of sounding :- (Tr 5N)

Drawing: stratigraphic section of a sounding showing horizontal levels, stones on the right, and a vertical edge on the left; labels: surface of ground at commencement.; Sounding 'A'; [written sideways: unexcavated E edge of Trench.]; -1.00 m; pt. 1339; I; II; III; IV; -2.00 m; E; W

Level IV on this sketch corresponds to level VI of final reading of sounding on p. 22f.

I = -1.20m 1st level (level of fireplace pt. 1339 In colour it is greyish c 8 cm thick.

II = burnt layer -1.75m (cf p 10) somewhat uneven. It is to this level that the N/S wall at the E side of the Tr. belongs (that noted top of p 4). The retaining wall and stone fill (p16) also

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

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