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… -tively. The Government of Cyprus and Mr Megaw,
Director of Antiquities, welcomed the proposal
favourably, and thus the excavations at Enkomi will
henceforth the task of a Franco-British Mission [handwritten: of the Government of Cyprus] The direction of the scientific participation was
entrusted to me, and I wish to express here my gratitude
to Mr Schaeffer and Mr Megaw for the honour they have
done me.
Last December-January the Department of Antiqui-
ties undertook its first excavation campaign.The
chosen site extends between the "North Area" and the
"Workshops Area" of the French excavations(fig.I) A first trench directed East-West, with a length
of over 70m. and a width of two metres revealed
in its eastern part important remains of masonry.
Following this first indication we directed our
search into the part of the site lying on each side
of the eastern end of our original trench.
Indeed, after a few weeks we brought to
light an important building of a particularly
careful construction.(fig. 2-3).The bad weather
of particular severity towards the middle of January
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain