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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 81 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 41Scan 81 of 124

28/IX/65.

overlapped by the plunging line of burnt level II

Drawing: plan of Sounding A and Sounding B with stone walls and baulk; labels: N; Plan; γ; Tr 5N; 67cm; Sounding B.; β; Pt. 1348; 1.20m.; 44 cm.; δ; Témoin; α; Sounding A; -3.30

Drawing: section of Sounding B showing stones, levels and a vessel; labels: γ; Section of Sounding B. to level III; III -1.85; -1.75; β; α; Vessel c 40 cms high Plain W. H. ware; 40 cm.; δ; II; III

Mistake Burnt level stops on E edge of α. at figure -1.75m γ = cyclopean wall δ = N/S wall of p. 4. Burnt level dips about 30 cms.

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

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