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Document·34 CDF art. 176·Undated

Selected inventory of objects from the Excavations of the Department of AntiquitiesClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 11 of document 34 CDF art. 176 (Selected inventory of objects from the Excavations of the Department of Antiquities), typed in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 176, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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839. Hoard of five bronze objectsRoom XIIILev.1319Area I0-I10-12 No.L. 11

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839. Hoard of five bronze objectsRoom XIII Lev.1319 Area I0-I 10-12 No.L. 11
840. Bronze fibula [figure: fibula drawing]Area I π-P 10-12 No.In masonry of rubble wall
862. Stone bead with engraved circlesArea I Room XXXVIBelow Fl.IIL. 2
863. Fragment of basalt mortar [handwritten: annotation]Area I Room XLIIFloor I Level 1205L. 18
877. Cornelian bead of globular shapeArea I Room XLIIIfloor III lev.1240
878. 8 Necklace of sardinian beads: 2 button shaped beads of ivory, 2 lead beads, 1 paste bead.Area I Room XXXIXfl.III-IVL. 2
882. Fragment of MycIIIC:1 bowl with spiralsArea I Room XLIIIBetween fl. III-IV lev.1256
885. Miniature bronze ingotRoom XLIV Area IBetween fl. IIIA and IVL. 8
887. Stone bead : engraved circlesArea I Room 44Between fl. IIIA-IVL. 2.5
888. Haematite weightArea I Room 44Floor IIIL. 1.7
889. Bone tool-do-Between fl. IIIA-IVL. 17.3
890. Biconical stone beadO-π 6-8 Bæ. W.of Room 44Floor III-IVL. 2
892. Heamatite weightRoom XLV Area IFloor III lev.1271Ht.2
894. Stone weightArea I Room XLVIBetween fl. III-IVL. 3
896. Ivory or bone perforated disc-do--do-D. 2.7
912. Stone cylinder sealArea I Room 44Between fl. IV-VL. 1.7
913. Ivory eye-ball? [figure: small oval drawing]Looters pitL. 3 cms.
930. Fragments of handle with two Cypro-Mycenean sign.Area I Room 43AFloor VIL. 6 cms.
932. Crystal beadArea I Room 35Almost on floor VIL. 2.7
944. Fragmentary ivory lid (?)Area I Room 41Floor IVD. 7½ cms.
948. Fragmentary ivory plaque with engraved rosetteArea I Room 39CFloor V lev.1287L. 4½ cms.
964. Fragment of Myc.IIIC:1 (?) kylix (?)Area I Room 44Floor VI S.W.part

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