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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 119 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 59Scan 119 of 204

6/11/57

Excavation continued at Ptss 32 W, 133, 134, 130.

Pt 133: at 3.75 depth: 1 pin or awl in bronze, 1 figurine foot in bronze, other fragments of bronze objects.

North balk Pt 126. material layer 3/ (2.00 to 2.10): the identifiable sherds seem Late Bronze.

Tomb 32, West hall: removal of 4 vessels (Pts 43 to 46)

Tomb Pt 133: at 4.00, layer of white limestone with Mycenaean sherds.

Pt 134, plan and communication with Pt 133.

Drawing: plan of two adjacent hollowed spaces with hatched edges; labels: Child's tomb; Pt 134; Pt 133; non fouillé; non fouillé

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

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