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 81 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 40Scan 81 of 206

In C 3, West half, excavation continued beyond 200 In C 2, excavation continued under well near Pt 40 In the old excavation (square J 28 and J 29), removal of floor V, thick floor of white lime

Pt 42 , - 130; 20 cm above the rusticated plinth, so near Pt 35: bone spatula, broken Removal of the baulk completed; no pottery characteristic; ring bases and texture of the sherds suggest indicate Iron I -

Drawing: outline of a spatula with a long narrow handle and a flared end

In the fill of the dromos of the tomb Pt 41, head of a large bronze nail -

Cleaning in A 6, South-West corner, between 1 50 and 2 00 in depth.

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

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