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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 65 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 33Scan 65 of 124

27/IX/65

Trs. 6 N -> 8 N Pottery of "Exploratory Trench" (p 12) -1.25 -> -2.00 m (Level II Brick fill or tumble). Out of c 170 sherds only 1 badly worn (slip almost entirely worn off) Base Ring sherd. The other sherds are exclusively Plain Wheel Made Wares.

Flat bases of cs. diam - 14, 9, 11, 14, 11 Ring base c 7 c. di.

Rims: .

Drawing: three cross-sections of pottery rims with diagonal hatching; labels: < 4 cs. >; and a second same shape but only 3 c. wide; < c 2 c >; < 1.5 >

2 rims of bowls - one carinated

Tr. 2 N (Brick I level around pt. 1341 cf p. 13.) Pottery about 150 sherds exclusively Plain Wheel Made Ware Flat bases: c. diam - 8, 7, 14, 13.5, 6.5 (jug), 7; Pithos round base.

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

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