Document·34 CDF art. 154·1955–1958

Report on the excavations at Enkomi, 1955–1958Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 45 of document 34 CDF art. 154 (Report on the excavations at Enkomi, 1955–1958), typed in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 154, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 110Scan 45 of 104

Handwritten: 23

Layer 2:[red markingLayer 1:Material - _Looted tomb of the LB_I_: "milk bowl", "base ring ware" and degenerate "black on red".] Abundant and not very characteristic pottery of Iron I: carinated cup with feet imitating basalt dishes; loom weight in terracotta.

Conclusions - Above a tomb of the Late Bronze, floor and installation of Iron I.

SOUNDING III -

Stratigraphy - Layer 3: beyond 50 cm, to the S.W., holes dug into the virgin soil [red marking] clayey and filled with rubble. Layer 2: 50-40 cm: burnt layer grey to black, especially in the part North; hearth of burnt earth (Pt 1). Layer 1 bis: 40-35 cm: white floor. Layer 1: 35-0 cm: grey earth.

Material - Layers 3 and 2: _Abundant pottery LB_I-II_: bowl "base ring" with very thin wall; "spindle bottle"; early "milk bowl"; painted pottery of LB type; loom weight in terracotta.

Layers 1 bis and 1: Abundant final Iron I pottery: evolved "wavy lines" bowls; flattened and polished pebble; basalt pestle or grinder.

Conclusions - There are two distinct floors: one of the beginning of the Late Bronze, the other of the end of Iron I. No occupation of the Mycenaean period is encountered.

SOUNDING V -

Stratigraphy - To the West, pocket (Pt 2) dug into the clayey virgin soil: layer 3: 130-80 cm: ashy earth; 80 cm: bed of grey to black ash; layer 2: 80-30 cm: brown earth and stones.

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