Manuscript·34 CDF art. 175·1965

Enkomi-Alasia 17th season 1965, observations by James RobinsonJames Robinson

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Handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 15 of manuscript 34 CDF art. 175 (Enkomi-Alasia 17th season 1965, observations by James Robinson), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 175, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page ~~3~~ 8Scan 15 of 44

7.17. E same wall visible - top at level of 2nd floor. W face of wall (which is 75 cm wide) one finds "Mycenien final" sherds top of wall W side

1429 = well in 7.17

This wall seems to be E wall of house going N to NW corner of 7.15 7.15 later shows NS wall -- NE corner one stone missing - pit (yet to be uncovered -- but 6.15 shows E-W wall) and S to road 3, W to W side of 6 (now being cleared for fotos) where on W side of wall one sees finely cut square stones. Tomb's E wall presumably touches at its base W side of E wall of house, with small stones filling niche (tomb's W -- & hence probably E -- wall is not vertical, but, like interior, is wider at bottom). It is on these small fill stones that sherds -- & bronze nail-shaped object -- were found.

7.24. E NWE corner just outside pit, 2 m below surface, black stone disc ("button") found, cf. next page :

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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