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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 117 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 58Scan 117 of 204

Ptt 126: 3/ from 200 to 2 10: very hard white plaster floor over the whole surface of the baulk, with stones set in the cement - Slight notch at the SE. (drawing) A few burnt sherds, limestone stones -

Ptt 134: south of Ptt 122, tomb with child burial in a corner to the East, dromos to the NW -

Ptt 126: 4/ from 2 10 to 2 40: compact earth. apparently burnt with stones - Large limestone block - Pottery more abundant -

Ptt 132: excavation completed; very small hall to the East of the dromos -

Ptt 128 Resumed below the point: south of the road, at -1.75, fine white floor with pithos and basin in situ; pottery Late Bronze from 1.50 to 1.75 and in the floor -

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

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