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The first stage, covering the layout of the building (without great regard to earlier remains on the site) [handwritten: ?] and its earliest use, is marked by the appearance of early Mycenean IIIC: 1 [handwritten: ~~]pottery of the style current on the Greek mainland in the early twelfth century but [handwritten: as proof and error] including shapes which are characteristic of the Philistine repertory (1). The appearance of this pottery, which may be dated to the early twelfth century B.C., seems to coincide with the arrival of the Achaean colonists of the literary traditions after the fall of Troy, ie. at the beginning of the twelfth century (2). It is tempting to regard these colonists as the builders of our compound in its original form.
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(1) It appears that the immediate prototype of the pottery of the Philistines, who settled in Palestine shortly after 1200 B.C., may be found in the reginal Mycenean IIIC: 1 style of Cilicia: Cf. Furumark OA III, 264; also Heartly in QDAP V, 108 ff. who emphasizes the affinity of the Philistine style with Rhodes and Cyprus. The Philistine elements in the early stages of the compound (Philistine shapes and seal) seem to lend support to the historical tradition regarding an emigration of T[handwritten: ?]rious from Asia Minor to Cyprus. Cf. Gjerstad, The colonization of Cyprus in Greek legend in OA III, 119. (2) G.Hill, History of Cyprus, I, 83. Also Sir. J. Myres, in BSA XLI, 72. Dr.Schaeffer (Stratigraphie Comparée p.588) considers that the evidence collected by him at Enkomi may be in favour of pushing up the date of the fall of Troy into the middle of the thirteenth century.
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain