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 7 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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Finds - Layer 2: Looted tomb of L.B.I: "milk bowl", "base ring ware" and degenerate "black on red".

Layer 1: Abundant pottery, not very characteristic, of Iron I: carinated cup with feet imitating basalt dishes; weaver's loom weight in terracotta.

Conclusions - Above a Late Bronze tomb, floor and installation of Iron I.

SOUNDING III -

Stratigraphy - Layer 3: beyond 50 cm, to the S.W., holes dug into the virgin soil clayey and filled with rubble. Layer 2: 50-40 cm: burnt layer grey to black, especially in the part North; hearth of burnt earth (Pt 1). Layer 1 bis: 40-35 cm: white floor. Layer 1: 35-0 cm: grey earth.

Finds - Layers 3 and 2: Abundant pottery L.B.I-II: "base ring" bowl with very thin wall; "spindle bottle"; early "milk bowl"; painted pottery of L.B. type; weaver's loom weight in terracotta.

Layers 1 bis and 1: Abundant pottery of final Iron I: evolved "wavy lines" bowls; flattened and polished pebble; basalt pestle or grinder.

Conclusions - There are two distinct floors: one of the beginning of Late Bronze, the other of the end of Iron I. No occupation of the Mycenaean period is encountered.

SOUNDING V -

Stratigraphy - To the West, pocket (Pt 2) dug into the virgin clayey soil: layer 3: 130-80 cm: ashy earth; 80 cm: bed of grey to black ash; layer 2: 80-30 cm: brown earth and stones.

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