Notebook·34 CDF art. 128-3·1957

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

·

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

Scan 199 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 99Scan 199 of 206

Pt 91: Tr I, A 12: room of Pt 89: hole in the South-West corner; partly masked by a baulk which will be dismantled over half of its surface.

Pt 92: bronze point - in the old excavation to the West of area A, East of the well; cleaning above of slabs the rock - 2.20 depth.

Pt 93: gold earring, in South Trench (area D), depth: 1.20.

In Tomb Pt 32, excavation finished: in the dromos, a biconical spindle whorl in terracotta

Drawing: biconical spindle whorl with incised linear decoration

Area D, [illegible] next to Pt 93, large onyx cut - perhaps cabochon or weight. These two objects were found in the cleaning of the layer between 1.00 and 1.40.

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

Spotted a wrong reading? Write to us or use alexis@ancientcyprus.com