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 149 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 74Scan 149 of 206

depth: Pt 64 - the rim of the jar rests on the top of a layer of greenish earth; throughout the whole this area, numerous horizontal sherds at 1 m and patches of ash in places - the layer of green earth thus serves as a substructure for a floor - in B7, work interrupted at the top of the green layer at 1.00 in B6, Tr I, work resumed in the green layer beyond 1.50 -

Cleaning in old excavation building 18 - 1°/ brown layer with "wavy line" sherds - 2°/ layer of grey ash: Pt 65: Mycenaean pottery -

Pt 66: bronze needle, in A9, at 1.25, same layer as Pt 63: earth red with white particles -

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

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