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 69 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 37Scan 69 of 130

20/10/55 Trench South 2 2, West Road. Sector of Pt 58 Below the layer of hard limestone, Koufà. very extensive, layer of black earth anthracitic, 20 cm thick 0 m 70 to 0 m 90 with numerous sherds. - Below, hard white floor - On - on which the channels are cut, a basin. Beside it, annular stone, perhaps a well-kerb of a well.

T. S. 2 West Section Pt 60 - - 1 m 10: floor II: lime, pebbles, ashes fragment of annular stone - 1 m 20: layer of reddish earth clayey, containing MB sherds only - - 1 m 30: greyish, granular earth, probably virgin

T. S 2 - Below Pt 66 - Mass of ashes beginning at 0 m 60, at least 50 cm thick; no sherds, blocks of burnt earth

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

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