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 119 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 38Scan 119 of 240

13/10/58 Trench XLI - (see p. 34) At 190 cm, it is not the rock but a floor which appears . 190 to 205: white floor: layer 5 no sherds

205 to 270 cm: stones to the south, earth fine greenish to the north: layer 6 270 cm: rock, virgin soil. Rare sherds in layer 6: the only identifiable ones are M B III .

Layer 6 seems to represent an artificial fill to level the ground on which it was intended to establish the first occupation floor - *

Trench XLIII - (see p 9 et seq.) Dismantling of the large inverted bowl of Pt 31. Inside this vessel were found some sherds, including a rim of pithos with inscription some incised signs -

* Trench XLI - Pt 25 is bounded by four walls, with a door in the western part of the wall south, also built on layer 4.

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

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