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

Conclusions - In the North and centre of sounding VI, occupation begins at the beginning of the Late Bronze; then the acme of the Mycenaean and then the Final Mycenaean are well represented. The level of the beginning of the Iron Age I is particularly well preserved with its architecture and varied furniture. In the South, apart from a few isolated sherds, only the last period is represented in a hole to the S.W.; elsewhere, one meets the road. Under the whole surface of the sounding, one meets above it the end of Iron I, with the sole addition of a medieval sherd.

Stratigraphy -

Tomb Pt 3: at the S.W. corner, 155-100 cm: two superimposed skeletons, skulls to the East, in a niche cut into the virgin floor and reached by steps to the North, covered with large sherds belonging to a broken pithos: Upper skeleton: adult, skull at 140 cm, face turned towards the south, body extended. Behind the head, "bucchero" jug; under the skull, bronze bowl; to the west of it, small black "bucchero" jug. Lower skeleton: adult, skull at 150 cm, face turned towards the south, to the west of the preceding, body extended. Behind the head, "bucche-ro" jug and bronze spatula; to the west of the head, stone cup. 100 cm: virgin floor, clay. Layer 3: 100-60 cm: ashy earth. Layer 2 bis: 60 cm: white floor of lime and gravel, limited by wall E.W. Layer 2: 60-20 cm: red earth with white particles. Layer 1: 20-0 cm: greyish earth.

Material -

Layer 3: Pottery scarce RB_II-III: Mycenaean sherds with lustrous paint; piece of bronze. Layer 2: Pottery scarce, initial Iron I: jug with small cylindrical spout and black vertical lines; degenerate "bucchero" sherds; small basket handle; incised limestone dish. Layer 1: Pottery rare and mixed.

Figure: red hand-drawn brackets and numerals "2" and "20" marking the tomb description lines and pottery entries; labels: "20", "20", "2", "20"

Handwritten: 113