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 125 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 66Scan 125 of 130

Depth: beyond 1 m - Sector of Pts 63 and 78 - above, white floor with stones at - 1 m 50/1,10 Late Bronze: rich layer. Milk-bowl, hand made ware, "base-ring ware" Mycenaean: concentric lines, in red or black glossy paint - Rare Middle Bronze sherds, probably intrusive (probable layer) (under the floor)

Pt 81 - from 1 m to the virgin soil, reached at 1 m 60, Middle Bronze, rich red on black, red on red, black painted on light ground; sherd with relief band numerous Handle with rectangular profile.

Sector of pt 72 - above floor at - 1 m 20 Late Bronze: Milk-bowl of early type hand-made and Late Mycenaean Middle Bronze: a few sherds red on red, fairly lustrous

Drawing: diamond-shaped sherd with a broad horizontal and vertical dark T-shaped band and curved lines in the lower left corner; arrow pointing to the text] <- bichrome sherd black and red.

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

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