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 107 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.

Page 32Scan 107 of 240

Under the bed of white materials corresponding to floor 7, hearth Pt 40 extends into a pocket of fine light ochre ash, surrounded by black charcoal -

Drawing: section of a deep rounded pit cut between two horizontal levels; labels: 65 cm; 170; 7; 60 cm; 11; 225; 230

This pocket is dug into the greenish clay of layer 8; the walls are strongly burnt it is certainly the kiln of the earlier floor layer 11 a kiln - no doubt a domestic oven for baking bread (see p. 33)

170 to 175 cm: Layer 7: white floor - painted sherd with black decoration (drawing) difficult to date grouped with the pottery of layer 6 As noted p. 12, pottery rare in layers 6 and 7 -

175 to 195 cm: Layer 8: greenish clayey earth with abundant charcoal - 195 to 200 cm: Layer 9: floor of charcoal and in places burnt earth brick red

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

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