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 127 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 63Scan 127 of 204

North section Pt 126: 5/ 2.40 to 3.00: the landing ends to the North with a crevice in the rock with few sherds and much clay of decomposed limestone. Plan of Pt 126: (drawing) Collection of the material from layer 5. Work finished.

Resumption of the excavation in the West hall of tomb 32

North section Pt 126: 4/ 2.10 to 2.40: the few identifiable sherds belong to the Middle Bronze. 5/ 2.40 to 3.00: all the pottery belongs to the Middle Bronze. The material of layers (4) and (5) is grouped. The stratigraphy encountered is therefore found again to the South of Pt 126.

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

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