Contribution to Enkomi I, Text, Preliminary Report on the Cyprus Department of Antiquities excavations at Enkomi, The Bronze Statue of a Horned God, annotated and commented by SchaefferPorphyrios Dikaios and Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

Before giving an account of the stratification it is necessary to describe summarily the architectural remains revealed in the excavation, in order to facilitate reference. As already mentioned, however, the laying bare of these remains is incomplete and no final description can be given at this stage.

The architectural remains uncovered, which may be dated to the LCIII period, belong to a large, rectangular compound or building ( Pl. I-IV, VIII-X) orientated north-south, with two facades forming the limits in either direction. The length of the compound between the two facades is 33 m. while the width so far uncovered is approximately 20 m. East-west streets run along both facades and a north-south street was found in the south-east corner of the building. (1) These streets seem to fix the

(1). The streets along the south and east sides of our building have also been found in the adjoining areas excavated by the French Mission, indicating the character of the street grid of the town.