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 93 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 49Scan 93 of 130

25/10/55 Trench Sud 3 - East Room Road Under the layer of sterile limestone 0m 75: brown earth with sherds 1m: floor joining that of the the trenches 1 and 2

pt 82 bone weight with cavity for lead

Drawing: top view and cross-section of a spindle-shaped object with a central circular cavity] West Road

Trench Sud 3, against wall East - West in the middle of jars broken in place. Depth: 1m 30. Possibility of late disturbances -

pt 83: ribbed bead in faience blue (drawing) light frit Trench Sud 4, north of the E-W road Depth: 0m 40

Trench Sud 3. pt 75 cf. pt 64 1m 05 below Pt 75 down to 2m stones. Late Bronze I - II pottery 2m to 2m 30: reddish-brown earth - a few sherds 2m 30: rock -

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

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