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 3 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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10/10/57 Opening of the area at Enkomi - Trench 1 - 2 sectors: sector A to the East: 12 pickaxes sector B to the West: 6 pickaxes each pickaxe covers a width of 1 m 50; the recording of objects will be done by 3 elements: Trench no. ... (each trench 4 m. wide) Sector; no. of the pickaxe (from East to West)

Sector A-B: 0 to 0.25: surface layer of greyish earth; few sherds

B1: half of a jar lying on its side, at the West limit of B1; -0.10 - Thick wall

Drawing: corner of a trench with U-shaped outline inside; labels: limite tranchée 1

B6: outcropping at the surface, top of a wall East-West, East limit B6, 3 m South edge of trench

Drawing: corner of a trench with hatched shapes inside

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

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