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 83 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 44Scan 83 of 130

22/10/55_

Trench North 1 West Road - Pt 74 - North section: taken facing Pt 74 (the layers show an East-West dip)

0 to 0 m 75: disturbed surface earth (c. 1) 0 m 75: layer of greyish or whitish earth Numerous horizontal sherds (c. 2) Floor I _

0 m 75 to 1 m: grey clay; greyish earth. Few (c. 3) - loose sherds

1 m: layer of black ash; numerous horizontal sherds, animal bones (c. 4) Floor II [illegible] -

The cooking pot (Pt 74) belongs to this layer, which abuts to the South against a wall whose top is at 0 m 95 - On this wall was placed a spout with slip red (drawing) : [illegible]

This wall may be a bench, since it is built against the wall of the room of Pt 16 - We consider this spout as contemporary with the [illegible] Pt 74) but it may belong to floor I 1 m 10: uniform red earth (c 5) _

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

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