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 127 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 67Scan 127 of 130

Trench South 3, West of the Road - Material taken away

Trench South 3, East of the Road - Same remark as for Trenches South 1 and 2 - To the East of the large buildings and of the door with marble slab in door block: Depth: 0 to 0 m 60: Mixed material not kept or grouped with that of South 2

Depth: from 0 m 60 to 0 m 80, virgin soil. Sector up to West of Pt 90: Mixed material Iron: abundant: concentric circles on carinated bowls bucchero Late Bronze: rare: 1 or 2 sherds of milk bowl and base-ring 1 or 2 Mycenaean sherds Middle Bronze: rare: 1 or 2 sherds of red on red, 1 lustrous red Note should be made of 2 bowls with lugs of [illegible] Anatolian type, which should perhaps be linked to the Late Bronze:

Drawing: four rim and handle profiles and fragments with incised decoration; labels: perforé

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

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