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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 97 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 48Scan 97 of 206

the excavation at Pt 52 is finished at - 3.50 approximately Resumption of the excavation in the W. half of C5. Cleaning and removal of the jar Pt 25 -

Work finished in Tomb Pt 30 _ Small gold object in the form of a spindle: (drawing)

In B1, work finished - In B6, work stopped at 1.50 . below Pt 53 Between 1,00 and 1.50, pottery abundant and fragments of deer antler in greenish earth -

Opening of Trench II from B1 to B6 -

Tr II in A2, north of Pt 47 appears a wall E.-W. with large slabs, extending that of the old trench and itself extending into A3; north of this wall, no trace has yet been found of the road -

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

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