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 75 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 38Scan 75 of 124

27IX65.

From c 130 sherds only 3 with trace of decoration. (Rest Plain Wheel Made Ware) : these three probably from same vessel – shoulder fragts of a closed vessel – fr. which the decor can be reconstructed (ware greyish green, paint = matt dark grey.

Drawing: vessel shoulder fragment with painted horizontal band and pendant curved motifs, hatched section on right edge

Tip of pendant sickle c 2.5 cms below band. Tips of sep. groups of sickles c 1.5 cms apart Tips of sickles of same group c 4.2 cms apart. Rest of sherds = Plain Wheel Made Ware. 1 rounded Pithos base, 1 raised base c 8 cms diam. Thick ware flat base c 24 cs di. Raised flat base c 10.5 cs. di. Rims – thin ware 0.3 cms thick

Drawing: three cross-section profiles of rims separated by vertical lines; labels: <1.2>; <1.8>

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

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