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 31 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 16Scan 31 of 130

Conclusion: inside the large building, a Middle Bronze level clear above the virgin soil which appears at about 1 m 40 deep.

To the East of the large building, confusion the virgin soil most often does not appear until 1 m 60 and even lower.

The pottery of Trench South I West of the Road

1) down to 1 m, mixed pottery, nothing to report

2) above a floor corresponding to floor II of the East building of the road: Late Bronze: "milk bowl white slip" ware, including a few bichrome sherds pottery with irregular surface, carinated bowls, with "wish-bone handle" Middle Bronze, rarer: "red on black painted" ware red lustrous bowls with flaring rim - 1 sherd with relief decoration: Anatolian in style

Drawing: sherd with chevron relief and profile

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

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