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level, I, during the XIth c.
It is to be noted that whereas in Mycenae both close style and cursory style have been considered to be contemporary, in Cyprus, as far as our present evidence goes, these two styles have direct connection with each other and belong to two successif periods.
At the end of level II, ca. 1100 B.C., Enkomi was damaged by an earthquake which caused the loss of valuable found in the destruction layers. Rebuilt or repaired, the town continued its carrer until approximately the middle of the XIIth c. to be finally destroyed by another invasion and abandoned by its inhabitants. Chapter IV.- ( 164 à 188). We published here a group of two bronze statues and a remarkable little bronze throne found during our 1950 excavations in floor levels I and II of the Early Iron Age nivean of Enkomi (Chypriote Fer I or late Cypriote III). The bronze throne with its original statue seems to have been lost during the earthquake of ca. 1100 ( 186; 188). During the ressearch among the ruins, only the seat could be recovered ( 184). It was provided with a new statue, which does not fit its size and construction. Finally the groupe was placed in a hiding place under the floor I. when the inhabitants of Enkomi, during the XIth c. began to take measures against the menace which threatened the town and, indeed, caused its destruction and desertion towards 1050 B.C.
The two statuettes represen gods venerated at Enkomi during the Sea People period (XIIth-XIth c.). Their style is strongly influen-
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