Notebook·34 CDF art. 128-1·1955

Excavation notebook of Contenson, 9th seasonH. de Contenson

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

Scan 103 of notebook 34 CDF art. 128-1 (Excavation notebook of Contenson, 9th season), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 128-1, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 55Scan 103 of 130

25/10/55 Pt 88 Steatite seal (drawing) Deblais old excavation.

Pt 90: paving Tr Sud 3 West Pt 71

Trench Sud 3 . Sounding down to the virgin soil to the West of the dalle penchée: virgin soil reached at c. 0 m 50 below the top of the slab - Sherds rare; none is identifiable.

Sounding down to the virgin soil to the South of the gde dalle penchée: virgin soil reached at 0 m 42 below the top; the foundations of the South wall of the large building are dug deeply into the virgin soil. - 0 m 10 to 0 m 30 below the top of the slab horizontal, sherds few in number, the rare characteristic sherds are Iron or Late Bronze. - 0 m 30 to 0 m 42: sherds numerous, all Middle Bronze. This whole thickness of more than 30 cm represents a superposition of whitish floors as in the rest of the building -

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

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