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 63 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 34Scan 63 of 130

29/10/55 Pt 65: axe-head in polished green stone, cutting edge depth: 0 m 60 | chipped on one face

Drawing: two views of an axe/celt] Tr Sud 3

Trench Nord 1 W. Road Pt 66 67 1 m 25: C 4: Floor III. Above the floor, jar with "stump base" (drawing) bowl with handle (drawing) (drawing) "hole-mouth" jar - Double-faced hammer in polished black stone

Drawing: three views of an elongated stone tool

Pebble in black granite roughly squared with traces of hammering, [illegible] - Sling bullet in brown earth, barely fired

Drawing: oval sling bullet] [illegible]

1,10 Floor II: the "wavy line" sherds found in this floor made it possible to reconstruct a second bowl with the fragments found at Pt 16. The stratigraphic position of the Pt 16 is therefore secure - A few sherds Mycenaean, previously attached to Pt 16 come from the old excavation of a tomb.

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

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