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 109 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 33Scan 109 of 240

This floor passes under the walls of the second level architectural. Pottery of layers 8 and 9: RB II - III: fine bowls with concentric decoration (drawing) sherds with concentric painted decoration, apparently no Mycenaean but this may be accidental

11/10/56- Trench XLIII (see above) 200 to 225 cm: Layer 10: greenish clayey earth 225 to 230 cm: Layer 11: white floor linked to the architectural level lower. Pottery of layers 10 and 11: rare; sherds "base ring", "milk bowl", RB II-III. In layer 11, pt 41: a kind of cemented basin base at 250 cm - south of the bread oven (cf p. 32).

230 to 310 cm: Layer 12: granular layer with charcoal, gravel and white elements, probably a series of floors Pottery rare: "base ring", "milk bowl", "red on black", painted with red, lustrous decoration, RB I or MB III. 1 basalt pestle.

The rock is reached between 280 and 310 cm, because it slopes down from east to west. Work finished.

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

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