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 54 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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Layers 2 and 1: Mixed pottery, partly Per I final phase.

Conclusions -

Traces of an installation of the early Late Bronze are followed by an important level of the early Iron Age.

SOUNDING XLIII -

stratigraphy -

310 to 280 cm: virgin floor, rock. To the North: Layer 12: 310-230 cm: earth mixed with charcoal, gravel and calcareous elements, probably sola. Layer 11: 230-225 cm: white floor linked to the lower architectural level with very burnt walls (Pt 40), oval in shape, present top at 175 cm. Layer 10: 225-200 cm: greenish clayey earth. Layer 9: 200-195 cm: floor of crumbly red burnt earth and charcoal. Layer 8: 195-175 cm: greenish clayey earth with abundant charcoal. Layer 7: 175-170 cm: white floor, with stone bed and second architectural level; at Pt 40, new bread oven, vaulted and provided with openings for the tuyère; oval in shape, top at 90 cm, h. 80 cm, length 75 cm, depth 70 cm. Layer 6: 170-115 cm: fine greenish earth. Layer 5: 115-110 cm: poorly marked floor, respecting the upper part of the oven (Pt 40), which had nevertheless to be unusable; charcoal and sherds. Layer 4: 110-90 cm: greyish earth, burnt in places. Layer 3: 90-70 cm: series of compact grey earth floors, with abundant horizontal sherds, charcoal, associated with a third architectural level; hearth of baked clay, rectangular in shape, oriented North-South, to the North of Pt 40. Layer 2: 70-50 cm: floor, represented in the North by a red baked clay hearth, similar to the preceding one, but to the West, in the South by a cemented area sloping towards the north and with raised edges (Pt 31); … continues

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