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Manuscript·34 CDF art. 178·Undated

Explanatory legend for the north-south stratigraphic section through the cella of the Ingot God and the south wall of the cellaJacques-Claude Courtois

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

Scan 1 of manuscript 34 CDF art. 178 (Explanatory legend for the north-south stratigraphic section through the cella of the Ingot God and the south wall of the cella), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 178, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 1 of 2

Drawing: stratigraphic section drawing with wall, threshold and horizontal layers over hatched bedrock; labels: SOL II 1069; ← NORTH; SOL III au DIEU; SOL IV; MUR SUD DE LA CELLA en blocage; SEUIL; enduit blanc; SUD →; reddish clay; = Sinda 3e période; sur sol : tapis de cendres 1212 grises; grey-beige ash fill with whitish inclusions; clayey, of the mud-brick type, with scattered white nodules; whitish (falls); beige, fill rich in white falls; ash in "mille-feuilles"; SOL V; SOL V BLANC; sterile brown-red / chocolate layer, on rock; ROC

Explanatory legend of the N-S stratigraphic section through the Cella of the god with the ingot and the south wall of the Cella

Drawings JCC + LCC of 28/10 and 13/12/1963

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

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