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 119 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 63Scan 119 of 130

Pt 62 - Depth: 0m25. Bucchero jug with widely spaced mouldings

Drawing: vessel base with vertical ribs] and wide, almost complete

found in situ, not reassembled because of the calcareous incrustations -

Pt 66 - Depth: 0m30 to 0m50 Fragment of tuyère similar to those found in Tr. Sud 1 Base of bucchero nero jug Short spout (drawing) (incrustations calcareous)

Depth 0 to 0m60: Sector between Pt 59 and 63: Late pottery: fragment of glazed pottery green, perhaps Byzantine vessel with flared foot (Hellenistic?)

Drawing: four vessel fragments: rim fragment with relief; decorated sherd with figure and spirals; rim profile with round handle; stemmed goblet with broken rim

Iron: fragment of crucible in fired earth heavy, spurred 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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