Excavation notebook of Olivier Pelon, Enkomi-Alasia, 1970Olivier Pelon

of stones, composed of large slabs of 10 to 15 cm th. approximately. The interval separating the lower brick courses (5^th) and upper (6^th) is 0,18 m. The remaining interval is filled with earth and small stones. The purpose of such a course has been explained above. At the end of the north side wall, the stone slab is at least 0,65 m in length for a width of 0,42 m. This course marks a clear overhang of about ten centimetres on average, reaching 0,14 m at the block mentioned above, which can only be explained by a displacement of the slab (cf. supra). These slabs reproduce the inclination of the 5^th brick course. Above, the brick vault resumes, which is well preserved at this height only in the South and East: in the East there are 3 courses and some remains of a fourth, in the South there are also 4 courses under the rear wall of squared blocks. The corbelling in the form of the projection of the upper course over the lower course is clearly more marked than below the stone course. The 4^th course is very damaged and stones from the fill encroach on it. The space to be covered at this height should hardly have exceeded 1,20 m but the method of roofing remains mysterious.