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 15 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 8Scan 15 of 130

11/10/55

Tr S I Room west of Pt 7 Clearing of the lower layer down to the floor white, of which 2 baulks are preserved - The pottery belongs to this loose layer with many stones -

Room east of the road West of the pillar, dismantling of the paving - which is made of round pebbles similar to those found in the neighbouring room and in the room of point 4 (layer 6) - This paving lies below the greenish earth (layer 5). The next floor (layer 7) seems to be Middle Bronze -

No. 24: East part Trench South I wall with fine paving A few painted sherds.

No. 23: Small Mycenaean jug -

No. 25: Small rectangular room Tr North I with ash floor - 0 m 80. jars in place, atypical and not preserved - Floor corresponding to the (drawing) small walls which appear -

[illegible]: Black steatite spindle whorl - 0 m 50 on ash floor, room east of the road Tr N I - 6 m East of the road -

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

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