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 197 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 98Scan 197 of 206

Tr I, B 4, below Pt 84: between 2.00 and the rock (met at 2.30 / 2.50) layer of brown reddish earth with very abundant charcoal.

In A 11, boundary of Tr I and II, in the dismantling of the floor immediately above the rock ([illegible] between 2.05 and 2.10: sherds with painted decoration red (spirals): Pt 89. Neighbouring balk: 0 to 0.50: surface greyish earth 0.50 to 1.77: red earth with large elements limestone 1.77: white floor, 3 cm thick 1.80 to 2.00: burnt layer (grey earth, charcoal very thick numerous). Pt 89 <- 2.00 to 2.10: floor of burnt red earth 2.10: rock.

Pt 90: old excavation: bronze blade (drawing) broken into 4 pieces - found in the gaps of a wall of fine slabs - accompanied by animal bones - c. 1.80

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

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