Notebook·34 CDF art. 128-3·1957

Excavation notebook of Contenson, 10th season, no. 1H. de Contenson

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 11 of notebook 34 CDF art. 128-3 (Excavation notebook of Contenson, 10th season, no. 1), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 128-3, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 5Scan 11 of 206

A 6: mixed material, not very characteristic, not kept A 7: 2 jar bases with thin walls

Drawing: profile of a vessel base] , 1 base with white slip

Pt 10Pt 11and concentric line decoration int. ext. in bright red (drawing) , 1 brick-red knob base (drawing) 1 fine sherd of brown-red vessel "base ring" [illegible] A 8: some greenish sherds with dark decoration, not kept – A 9: pottery not identifiable, not kept. A 10: 1 fragment of [illegible] bowl "wavy line", with thick calcareous crust, not kept. A 11: pottery not characteristic, not kept. A 12: pointed jar base, thick wall (drawing) 1 sherd with friable greenish fabric, lines blackish parallel – not kept B 1: some Iron Age sherds, not kept; 1 handle fragment with white slip decorated with 2 red bands, with

Drawing: cross-section of a handle] 1 central ridge [sketch: profile of a handle attached to a vessel wall

1 bowl fragment "base ring" (drawing)

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

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