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 85 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 45Scan 85 of 130

29/10/55
cf pt 84
Pt 75 : Large slab North, column baseLevels
Depth: 1 m 05 top of slab0
1 m 40 base of slab35
1 m 40 to 2 m 10: earth fill105
2 m 10 to ?: heap of stones -
Tr. North 3

Drawing: curved blade-like object and a straight pointed object

Pt 76 : Arrowhead & bronze needle associated with Late Bronze pottery on a floor of stone and white lime containing numerous sherds Near Pt 63 Depth = 1 m 10 Trench South 2

Pt 77 : Bronze spatula _ Trench South 2

Drawing: two views of a spatula with a flat rectangular blade

Depth: 0 m 90 _ In small hall at 2 m 50 of Pt 71 to the West of Pt 71 _

Trench North 1 West Road _ According to the pottery, Pts 27 belong and 36 belong to layer 4 - The material is therefore grouped - There is no "wavy line" pottery with the style of Pt 36 - Same pottery: milk-bowl, Mycenaean and Cypro-Mycenaean.

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

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