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 15 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.

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11/10/57 Excavation continued in Areas A and B beyond -0.50 - The architecture [illegible] has become simplified; only the wall between A6 and A7 remains. In A11-A12, a hall is outlined completely enclosed, with a wall at the western limit of the area In B2-B3, complex of walls -

Area C: in the old trench, 3 picks at west of building 18, cleaning of a sector not finished, below -1.50 -

In Areas A and B, beyond -0m50: reddish earth, less pottery

Pt 2: remnant of floor I preserved; elsewhere floor removed: red earth with numerous calcareous elements, very compact and thick -

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

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