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egg-shaped sling bullets of baked clay, sometimes marked with signs Mycenaean late, [handwritten: found] inside the town attest that the defence [handwritten: was] in part ensured by bodies of slingers.
As with the enclosure itself, the towers which measure 4 to 5 metres in diameter present a facing of large blocks and a filling of [handwritten: small] stones smaller strongly compacted.
The discovery of this enclosure provided with towers explains the existence of a row of large stones arranged in the same manner, emerging from the ground not far from the village of Sinda 15km west of Enkomi. This alignment which for a long time puzzled Cypriot archaeologists constitutes a rampart similar to that of Enkomi and no doubt also of the period Mycenaean à Lxxxix to judge from [handwritten: the pottery observed] [illegible] on the surface.
The University of Uppsala has sent to the spot a mission which, after having studied our discoveries, has begun to clear [handwritten: ]this year the structure at Sinda under the direction of Mr Furumark.
The pottery fragments and other remains found in contact with the enclosure of Enkomi all date from the Late Mycenaean period. [handwritten: |] None of them is later than the end of the 13th century. [handwritten: |] Our present impression is that the structure dates from the end of the 14th century and was continued with slight modifications of plan during the 13th century. [handwritten: |] It is in this ffx period indeed that the need for protection must have made itself felt in the city during the final Mycenaean period. [handwritten: |] At the same time we see appearing in the male tombs lines defensive and offensive armament (helmets, swords, daggnards) qui faisait défaut dans les tombes du 15ème et du
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