Report on the soundings carried out in September–October 1958 at EnkomiH. de Contenson

Conclusions - In the North and centre of sounding VI, occupation begins at the beginning of the Late Bronze; then the acme of the Mycenaean, then the Final Mycenaean are well represented; the level of the beginning of the Iron Age I is partially well preserved with its architecture and varied furnishings. 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. Over the whole surface of the sounding, one meets above the end of the 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, with large covering sherds belonging to a Mycenaean pithos: Upper skeleton: adult, skull at 140 cm, face turned towards the south, body extended. Behind the head, jug "bucchero"; under the skull, bronze bowl; to the west of this, 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, jug "bucchero" and bronze spatula; to the west of the head, stone cup. 100 cm: virgin floor, clay. Layer 3: 100-60 cm: earth, centreuse. Layer 2 bis: 60 cm: white floor of lime and gravel, bounded by E.-W. wall. Layer 2: 60-20 cm: red earth with white particles. Layer 1: 20-0 cm: greyish earth.

Material - Layer 3: Pottery sparse, LB II-III: [illegible] glazed with bright painting; piece of bronze. Layer 2: Pottery sparse, initial Iron I: [illegible] jug, small cylindrical spout and black vertical lines; degenerate "bucchero" sherds; small basket handle; incised limestone dish. Layer 1: Pottery rare and mixed.