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

c/ Rarer pottery, Late Bronze III final phase: late krater in "close style"; fine white-slip bowls with double painted line at rim; granite pestle.

Layer 1: Rare and not very characteristic pottery, probably Iron I.

Conclusions -

After traces of the end of the Middle Bronze on the virgin floor, one meets a rich level of the Late Bronze III, then traces of the Iron Age at the surface.

Stratigraphy -

Layer 2: Pt 6: 195-70 cm: in the S.E. corner, hole with brown earth. 70 cm: sillewe, virgin floor, clay. Layer 1 ter: 70-60 cm: floor; in the N.E., Pt 11: hearth of burnt earth. Layer 1 bis: 60-50 cm: new floor; " " new hearth. Layer 1: 50-0 cm: greyish earth; " " base of pithos.

Material -

Layer 2 (Pt 6): Sherds of LB II:

neck of bottle of the "spindle bottle" type; Mycenaean sherd with parallel band decoration.

Layer 1 ter: Rare pottery, LB III second phase: krater with traces of black paint; bowl with flaring rim and double black line on the inside; carinated bowl in fine pottery.

Layer 1 bis: Rare pottery, Iron I initial and intermediate: cup with flattened rim and horizontal lug; clay sling bullet; basalt weight and pestle; granite pestle.

Layer 1: Rare pottery, Iron I final: "wavy lines" bowls of the evolved type.

Conclusions -

Apart from a hole dug artificially in the Mycenaean period, this sector was frequented only at the end of the LB and in Iron I.