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

Stratigraphy - 150 cm: Pt 15: Tomb cut into the virgin soil south of the sounding; oval pit E-W, with a niche along the south wall, in which lie 2 skeletons: one stretched on its back, head to the W., - the other crouched at the feet of the first and covered by a stone slab inclined at 45°. Near the left arm of the first, perforated ivory disc; under the head of the second, bronze bowl; above, a long-necked jug and a medium-sized plain jar. Layer 3: 140-70 cm: filling of the pit; brown earth. Layer 2: 70-50 cm: upper part of the pit; brown earth with abundant stones. Pt 10: tomb with a stone enclosure on the axis of the pit; skeleton stretched on its side, the skull to the E., face to the N., legs slightly bent. Behind the head, bronze bowl; to the S. of the thorax, from E. to W., plain jar; late "bucchero" jug and long-necked jug. 50 cm: elsewhere, virgin soil, rock. 50-0 cm: Layer 1: everywhere, greyish earth.

Material - Layer 3 and 2: Sherds mixed Late Bronze and Iron I; 2 loom-weights of terracotta, Iron I type.

Layer 1: Rare pottery _Iron I initial and intermediate: bowls "wavy lines" of the early type, with sober decoration; bowl with flaring rim and double black line inside; carinated bowl in whitish pottery; small cylindrical spout in white paste with red decoration.

Conclusions - The whole installation dates to the beginning of the Iron Age I: establishment of tomb Pt 15, filling of the pit with materials brought in (hence the observed mixing), then new burial Pt 10 on the same spot, which was soon abandoned.