Document·34 CDF art. 155·1958

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

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

Scan 18 of document 34 CDF art. 155 (Report on the soundings carried out in September–October 1958 at Enkomi), typed in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 155, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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SOUNDING XII -

30 cm: virgin soil, rock. 30-0 cm: grey earth; base of a wall in stones and stones serving as support for wooden posts; no pottery.

SOUNDING XV

- Stratigraphy -

110 cm: virgin soil, clay. Layer 2: 110-20 cm: red earth with white particles. Layer 1: 20-0 cm: greyish earth.

Material -

Layers 2 and 1: Pottery, not abundant, final Per I: evolved type "wavy lines" bowls; simple hemispherical bowls; jug handle with double ridge or figure-8 section; pithos with a cylindrical spout at the base; 6 loom weights of baked clay (Pl. 5) at 80 cm; mother-of-pearl pendant.

Conclusions -

Only the last phase of Enkomi is represented here.

SOUNDING XVI

- Stratigraphy -

80 cm: virgin clayey soil. Layer 2: 80-30 cm: a south bed of grey ash and burnt earth; to the east, a soakaway without pottery. Layer 1 bis: 30 cm: white floor resting on the virgin soil. Layer 1: 30-0 cm: grey earth.

Material -

Layer 2: a/ Isolated MB III sherds on the virgin soil: "red on black" and "red on red".

b/ Abundant pottery, RB III first phase: Mycenaean sherds of good quality; evolved "milk bowl" bowls; evolved "base ring ware"; sherds with lustrous coating.

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

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