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 99 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 52Scan 99 of 130

In bedrock26/10/55 Trench Sud 3 Pt 84 - 6 m 25: base of the shaft (7 m 05 below surface) aquifer reached -

Trench Sud 4. Pt 86: North road, on wall Depth: 1 m 25 - Carved stone, perhaps Arab

Trench Sud 4 Pt 85 Fragment of tile Depth 0 m 90, above wall, North road

Trench Nord 1, West Road, locus Sud - Layer 10 is certainly disturbed by village digging; it represents the residue of violated tombs, tombs contemporary with layer 9 -

Trench Sud 2 Pt 88 89 - Large jar in situ Inside the jar, fragments of "becher" - Some pieces of the jar are fixed by lead clamps (ancient repair) soldered clamps 2 by 2 in the shape of a V.

Drawing: three small drawings of lead clamps, one flat, one L-shaped, one V-shaped

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

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