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 73 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 37Scan 73 of 124

27/IX/65.

Middle Bronze. (57 sherds only 4 types - Red on red, and red on black - Red slip both sides burnished - decorated reddish brown ware white slip inside & outside matt brown-dark brown paint.

base sherd :- with part of side painting overlapping base.

Drawing: sherd with painted bands and curved line; labels: < 4.75 cm >

body sherd :-

Drawing: sherd with cross-hatched area and painted band; labels: < 4.3 cm. >

Also fragment of a lamp with nozzle blackened. Rest - plain domestic wares fragments.

Tr. 5N Pottery (Sounding B cf. p. 25) from below Level I through brick tumble to Level II (-1.40 -> c. -1.75 - this level drops sharply towards the North being finally cut into a pit which belongs to this level : this pit (pt. [1348]) will be discussed later).

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

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