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 91 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 48Scan 91 of 130

24/10/55 Trench Sud 3 - Room of Pt 71 1 m East of Pt 71, against the South wall - Depth: 0 m 50 below Pt 71 = 1 m below surface on floor immediately above the floor virgin - Arrowhead - bronze intact (drawing) Long rod in bronze (drawing) with swollen end Weight discoid in stone (drawing) Small disc in stone (drawing)

Trench Sud 2 - 2 m East of Pt 78. Pt 81 East of a North-South wall, all the sherds found from the levelling of the wall, -1 m depth, are Middle Bronze -

West of this wall, extended the floor of gravel and lime of the Late Bronze Beneath this floor appear sherds of the Middle Bronze

Pt 81. the floor is met virgin at 1 m 60 depth under slabs of stone

Drawing: stratigraphic section showing a stone wall and a shaded pit; labels: Coupe E-O - ; [written sideways: Niveau Bronze

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

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