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 71 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 38Scan 71 of 130

20/10/55 Tr S 2 - 1m 50 East Pt 66 Narrow space between 2 walls: fill of soft earth ashy - Painted sherds Late Bronze 0m 60 to [illegible] 0m 85 on floor.

Tr Nord 1 West Road - 1m 25 to - 1m 40 (c. 5) Layer of soft earth resting on layer of burnt red earth which is a floor which we will call Floor V [illegible] Fragment handle with sign (drawing) (layer 6)

Pt 69 base of jar (2m East) Pt 63 depth 1m 25. Ivory disc with double line incised on the edge -

Drawing: circle and side view of disc with two vertical lines] Trench Sud 2

Trench Nord 1 West Road - [illegible] - 1m 40 to 1m 43 (c 7) down to Floor V (c. 8) Few sherds: one characteristic wish bone of degenerate type (drawing) bone plaque, rectangular

Drawing: elongated rectangle

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

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