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 105 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 56Scan 105 of 130

29/10/55NOTES ON THE POTTERY DEPOSITED IN THE NICOSIA MUSEUM

Trench North 1, West Road. Material exported, with the exception of one bag coming from the _cleaning of the wall running along the North - South road_ and its surroundings down to the rock - Depth: down to 75 cm below the level of the upper North South road - Pottery: Late Bronze: hand-made pottery with thin walls and wish-bone milk - bowl Mycenaean "close style

Trench South 1, West Road. Material exported

Trench North 1, East Road 0 to 0 m 30 - Mixed material: Iron LB, MB - Sherds not kept

Room immediately East of North-South road 0 m 30 to 0 m 50: Iron: bucchero, jar rim (drawing) bowl base with concentric red circles 0 m 50: Floor - handle: (drawing)

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

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