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 65 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 65 of 130

Stamp: 35

20/10/55 Pt 60. tuyère of baked earth, fragmentary. Tr Sud 2

Drawing: funnel-shaped tuyère] on white floor, near 2 walls

very close together (Zone Ouest)

Drawing: two parallel walls on left, one on right; labels: white floor; x] Depth: 0m50

Fragments of iron ore (drawing) 2 stone weights (drawing) Installation to be related to the tuyères found previously Tr. Sud 1 at almost the same place (to check on plan) –

Tr. Sud 3. Section immediately East of Road – Depth 0m45 – Layer of limestone white similar to that found in Tr Sud 2 on the other side of the block. The layer stops at 15 m. south of the block. From 0 to 0m40, fragments of glass (drawing) bowl Roman or Byzantine – Sherds rare and not very characteristic.

Tr. Sud 2 – Room 3m East Pt 60 – Under the layer of ash, floor – Below 0m70: Floor I – – Layer of brownish imported earth – 1m: Floor II: bucchero sherd Possibly floor corresponding to the wall with double facing –

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

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