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 91 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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Pt 217: bronze ring south end of trench, on the rock depth: 1.80

The pottery which accompanies lies beneath Pt 217, between the deepest floor and the rock belongs exclusively to M.B. III and may be L.B. I.

In the area of Pt 207 below Pt 207 where there was a hearth of M.B. III (see p. 21-22), north of this hearth, in a hollow of the east rock, another pocket with abundant M.B. III sherds. This M.B. III level may be linked with the deepest walls in the part of the trench situated north of the East-West road.

South of the East-West road, there is only one architectural level, very damaged by the village digging, intensive in this region.

At the south end of the 2nd trench, the level of the rock drops regularly it goes from 1.50 near the East-West road to about 2.00.

Under Pt 213, layer 13: cylinder seal impression on M.B. III handle

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

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