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 9 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 5Scan 9 of 124

17/IX/65

Tr 12 N change of soil to red crumbly with white grits -0.90 m Tr. 5N (→ -0.85 m level of pure mud-clay) Pottery about 40 sherds somewhat worn (? by action of water or work of agriculture) Plain wheel made ware - one flat bottomed base c 10 cm diam. (drawing) - one triangular rim Tr. 3N. change of mud/clay ("konnos") to crumbly red-white grits at -1.05 m (surface of ground here slightly humped giving accidentally deeper level). Tr. 3 6N (through uniform mud-clay level to red-white grit crumbly level - 0.90 m) Pottery only about 16 sherds plain wheel made - one particular variety in ware 2 cm thick beige o/s fired mid-brown i/s, ring base c 17 cm diam.; apparently burnished with diagonal impressed decor. - also cream ware, ring base, c 4.5 cm diam band c 2 cm wide painted round bottom o/s in rust; transverse band disappearing into break of sherd.

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

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