Notebook·34 CDF art. 146-4·1958

Enkomi excavation notebook 1958: continued study of the finds from the 1958 magnetic soundingsH. de Contenson

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 103 of notebook 34 CDF art. 146-4 (Enkomi excavation notebook 1958: continued study of the finds from the 1958 magnetic soundings), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 146-4, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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At a depth of 90 cm, in the grey ashes, at the foot of the north wall, roughly in the middle of the trench, Pt 39: small complete jug lying on its side. with its short cylindrical spout; it is typical of Iron I, like all the pottery found in this trench down to 1.00 depth - Work finished.

10/10/56 - Trench XLIII - (see p. 9 et seq.) 0 to 60 cm: Layer ①: pottery of the end of Iron I degenerate "bucchero" - 60 to 70 cm: Layer ②: floor: idem 70 to 90 cm: Layer ③: floors: pottery of Iron I: fragment of strainer, "bucchero", black concentric decoration 90 to 110 cm: Layer ④: to the north, rectangular hearth oriented north-south pottery of Iron I: bowl with straight rim and concentric decoration: (drawing) small basket handle with black decoration (drawing) 110 to 115 cm: Layer ⑤: floor: idem 115 to 170 cm: Layer ⑥: pottery of the beginning of Iron I or LB III: fine sub-Mycenaean bowls Pt 40: kiln visible in the section (see p. 10) the top appears at a depth of 1.00 with the holes for the evacuation of smoke; the base lies there at 1.80, linked to the thick floor de to 170 cm (Layer ⑦) -

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

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