Notebook·34 CDF art. 128-4·1957–1958

Henri de Contenson excavation notebook, 10th and 11th seasons, no. 2H. de Contenson

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

Scan 109 of notebook 34 CDF art. 128-4 (Henri de Contenson excavation notebook, 10th and 11th seasons, no. 2), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 128-4, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 54Scan 109 of 204

Removal of layer 4. the greenish clay below at 3.60 masks an opening caused at the South-West by the digging of the later tomb 118.

Drawing: vertical section with hatched layer at the bottom and a curved profile on the right; labels: 3.30; 3.40; 3.60; T. 118

T. 37, West hall: removal of a new layer of material (nos. 37 to 42).

T. 110: removal of four fifteen vessels complete to clear the entrance (nos. 1 to 415).

Pt 132: S.E. of Pt 125, hole which is probably a formerly excavated tomb

Drawing: plan showing a hatched circle next to a vertical line with two brackets and an oval at the bottom; labels: 125

Pt 133: West of Pt 125 cavity, tomb formerly excavated.

Drawing: dimension bracket above "Ouest Pt 125", vertical line with two brackets and an oval at the bottom, and an oval containing a hatched circle on the right; labels: 2m; 125

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

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