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 37 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 19Scan 37 of 124

23/IX/65

Tr. 3/4N (-1.80m) outline of charred timber fallen among brick debris – c 1.50m long, just N of pt. 1340 (cf p 11) cf. top of p13 for similar in next trench (which probably belongs to level I of sounding p16) The present beam appears to belong to the burnt level (II).

Tr 5N (Sounding A (p10 - c p16) through level II → -1.75m) Pottery c 120 sherds Mostly Plain Wheel Made Ware – particularly – rounded Pithos base with drain hole 1.75cm diam . – squared in-turning (drawing) rim, > 30cm diam . – flat out-turning rim c 29cm diam – collar neck rim fragt . c 14 cm diam Also – fragts of carinated ? bowl ring base c 4.5cm diam clumsily made pink ware : painted int . w. concentric bands matt vac' rd paint. Late Mycenaean ?

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

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