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

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the ground ( Pl. VIII, 1 ). It was in the eastern part of this trench that a few large dressed blocks were uncovered and gave the first clue to the existence in that part of important remains. We then expanded on either side of the eastern end of the trench by driving perpendicular trenches in order to find out in to what direction extended the building to which the large blocks belonged. It soon appeared that it did so south of the main trench although its northern end and facade lay north of it.

We then divided the whole area into squares of two metres each and we proceeded to the uncovering of the remains. Almost everywhere emerged large, welldressed blocks and at the end of the first week our labours were further rewarded by the discovery of the fine bronze statue of the horned god ( Pl. LXXI- LXXIV) By then the rainy season was setting in, but we persevered until early in January when the winter became severe and digging impossible. However at the end of this first campaign we had uncovered a large pit … continues