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 59 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 32Scan 59 of 130

1819/10/55 Trench Nord 1, Ouest Route, west room. 0 to 0m 60: C. 1a: surface earth. 0m 60: 1b: Floor Ia: cf. pt 52 0m 60 to 0m 75: 1c: amorphous earth 0m 75: 1d: Floor Ib: hard layer the material is meagre and not very characteristic; not kept. 0m 75 to 1m 10: 1e: amorphous earth. 1m 10: C. 2: Floor II: thick ashes cooking pot in very poor condition, piece of red ochre typical painted "wavy line" sherds.

pt 60: heap of small round pebbles; Tr. Sud 12 top at 0m 35; base at over 1m 50 N-S axis × 1m E-W.

At 3m East of pt 60, layer of grey ashes covering the whole space against the East wall, which has a double facing. Depth 0m 70

Drawing: plan and section of walls with double facing and a hatched area; labels: ×; ×; 0m 70; cendres

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

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