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 51 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 27Scan 51 of 130

17/10/55 Pt 52 - depth = c. 0 m 60, above Floor I Trench Nord 1, West of the Road. Bronzes, in particular fragment of axe (drawing) Pottery at thin layer or limestone: 1 pithos with broad flat rim hole at the base for drainage (drawing) of water (drawing) cups with ring base (drawing) base in "bucchero" (drawing) very fine - fragment of tripod in basalt - remains in situ -

Tr. Sud 2: the pottery which accompanies Pt 48 lying horizontally in the layer of ash black which overlies the so-called Floor II - consists mainly of late "bucchero" ; rare sherds painted ; 1 possible sherd of milk bowl -

A few bronzes accompany Pt 50:

Drawing: spiral] (drawing) coiled wire, razor (?), coin (?) -

Pt 53: bronze arrowhead (drawing) bent - Tr. Sud 2, end West - depth - 0 m 50 - Pointe à soie

Trench Sud 1 Section South of the East of the Road under the lens of limestone, 1 layer of red clay as virgin soil of 5 cm at the level of the top of the stone then ashy earth, 10 to 12 cm ; below, compact floor, 10 cm thick - (v p. 22)

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

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