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 25 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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B6: Numerous jars with thickened rim and handle from neck to shoulder; [illegible] [illegible] basket handle, broad handles recalling this Rhodian type, miscellaneous Iron Age sherds, not kept - 1 fragment of strainer filter in chamois paste, white slip and red painted decoration (area pt 15)

Depth reached approx. - 1.25 Material between - 1.00 and - 1.25 recovered

Sector C: down to 75 cm. below the surface at the beginning of the excavation, granular earth red with limestone particles - Numbering from South to North - C1: no characteristic or identifiable sherd. C2: mixed pottery: "wavy line", base-ring, Mycenaean - C3: no characteristic sherd and identifiable -

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

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