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 85 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 43Scan 85 of 124

29/IX/65.

Tr. 5N Sounding B Level III pure whitish grey chalk floor. -1.85 m sloping down slightly to the West. The West end of this floor at a distance of 2.65 m from the N/S wall of p. 4 and 0.45 m from the Cyclopaean Wall has been cut irregularly in a N/S direction - apparently in the digging of the foundation Trench of the Cyclopaean Wall ie. the Cyclopaean Wall belongs to Level II, Level III being cut through to provide its foundations.

Drawing: plan of Sounding B and Sounding A with walls, pit and features; labels: N; 6N; 5N; Cyclopaean Wall.; Brick full fill; irregular edge of III +; Part of Revetment of Level II; Pit belonging to Level II pt. 1348; White Floor Level III; N/S Wall of p. 4.; Témoin.; Revetment and fill Level II; Sounding A

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

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