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 73 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 39Scan 73 of 130

21/10/55 Pt 70: clay ball with 5 signs trench Sud 3, above a floor of pebbles, against east wall of pillared hall, east of the wall, 0m25 below top of wall, 1m80 deep. the pebble floor continues below the foundation of the wall and joins with the pebble floor found in trench Sud 2, floors I and II, with uninscribed ball. the pithoi probably belong to this floor-

Trench Sud 2 - West Road - Sector Pt 58 - the perforated stone is a well-head In fill of the first metre of the well

Drawing: vertical section of a stone-lined well shaft with a perforated well-head at the top

base-ring bowl with concentric circles of black paint on the interior

Drawing: profile of a ring-base bowl, top view with concentric circles, and shaded strokes

Fragment of basalt grinder very worn (drawing)

Trench Nord 1 West Road, 150-160 layer 9a: reddish earth with sherds, especially NW Layer 9b: from -160, stones piled up [written sideways: Route] few stones and sherds: the vessel complete is included in this layer

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

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