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 55 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 29Scan 55 of 130

18/10/55 Trench Sud 2 - Salle Est Route - The large white lens of the western part of this room is entirely sterile - like the silt that corresponds to it in the eastern part. The layer of red clay, thicker to the South, is totally sterile.

Trench Sud 1 - Under pt 14, a hole dug into virgin soil (clay and limestone rock occupies the whole western part of the room - In the fill, some Late Bronze sherds, and some bronzes, including fragment of a rouelle (drawing) point (drawing) Depth = 0 m 75 below Pt 14 _

Trench Sud 2 - Salle Est Route, at 2 m South of the square-holed pillar - Depth: 1 m 90, on very compact white floor - Fragment of bone plaque trapezoidal. (drawing)

Room of the column: Pt 57 1 m 50 NW of the column drum, vessel (drawing) at 1 m 10, 25 cm below point 48 -

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

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