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 81 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 43Scan 81 of 130

22/10/55 Trench Sud 3 West of Road 0 to 0 m 40: Iron pottery Fragment of bone stylus (drawing) 0 m 40 / 0 m 60: large slabs, one with cupule, immediately above last level road state.

Trench Sud 2 East of Road In the hall immediately to the East of the road, - 1 m 00: Floor flush with the stones of the gutter and with the threshold leading to the cella. - 1 m 10: New floor corresponding to the earlier state of the building: walls, slabs on the 2 sides of the raised threshold, threshold on the edge of the road, then vertical perforated stone. Between the 2 floors, numerous sherds (dismantling of the upper floor done).

Trench Nord 1 West of Road Pt 74 - to the North of the hall of Pts 16, 22, 36. Depth: 0 m 90 1 m - Cooking pot in situ of the local Iron Age type with 1 handle (drawing)

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

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