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 97 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 49Scan 97 of 124

29 30 / IX / 65.

Also stone axe head (?) certainly in that shape. & 3 cms thick (max.)

Drawing: outline of a stone axehead; labels: 7.75 cm; 18 cms.

Cutting edge chipped as from use. N.B. because of the digging of pit pt 1348 at time of Level II into earlier levels disruption of earlier levels is to be expected, Tr. 5N Sounding B pt 1348 Pottery of sloping of Level II see sketch p. 41 c. 80 sherds in this group (more from same level though deeper, to follow). Mycenaean - 3 sherds of 1 type only coarse reddish brown ware with sandy grits : no slip band painting in matt red round side of base outside & traces of same inside, base = raised disc 5.1 cm diam. Rim and vertical horizontal handle in approx same ware & decor ? whole = bowl c 19 cms diam

Drawing: profile of rim and handle; labels: 6.5; cm.

Also part of neck fragt of closed jug or amphora ? continuation of

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

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