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 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, well-

dressed 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 part … continues