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 75 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 40Scan 75 of 130

21/10/55 Trench Sud 3 On the [illegible] Road. Depth: 0 m 10 Biconical bead in black stone with incised circles 4 and 4, irregularly spaced

Drawing: two views of a biconical bead with incised circles

Trench Sud 2 East part, 4 m South Stake D 7 5 m East " " Tanged arrowhead, broken point, in bronze Depth: 0 m 90 (drawing)

Trench Sud 2, 3 m 50 West pt 60 a sherd of "red on red" M.C., with spout, found at the junction of the red clay layer and the foundations of a N.-S. wall - (1) (drawing) In stratigraphy, under a floor of white lime 1 m 10 (floor II) above virgin soil the M.C. layer seems to join these foundations which are not connected to any building. Another sherd (2) with handle taken at the rim

Drawing: architectural plan and section of stone foundations; labels: fondation angle; Sud-Est bâtiment; Bronze 3; massif de; pierres non; explor; 60; (2); fondation; tesson (1); sol.

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

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