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 185 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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Pt 84: in B4, trench I, at 1.70, in the layer of powdery green earth: bulla with signs.

Pt 39: excavation inside the large hall East; vessels intact: 1 Tell Yahudiyeh juglet 1 jug with black decoration.

In the sectors [illegible] B4 to B6, under the grey earth, – from 1.25 to 1.50: red earth, – beyond 1.50: powdery green earth

B6, [illegible] West region pt 84, between 2.00 and 2.30, fragments of deer antler.

[illegible] Pt 85: Byzantine coin found in a hadja in the South Trench.

Pt 86: piece of gold leaf found in A7 at 2.00 depth, in earth red, in the centre of the trench.

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

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