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 129 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 129 of 204

Stamp: 64

North-South section Pt 126 (schematic)

Drawing: schematic stratigraphic section of a pit with depth scale on the left and notes on the right; labels: N; 200; 240; 300; 360; 390; MB; Terre meuble; Objets en or; Poterie; MB; Récent Bronze; Couche d'incendie; Sol; Fosse remplie de poterie jetée en vrac, au rebut, avec objets en or

clay deposited at the bottom of the pit between the time of digging and the abandonment or period when all the material was thrown into the pit - Filling of the pit: first loose earth, then at 2.40, the gold objects, then from 2.40 to 3.60, pottery heaped without earth -

Resumed removal of floors in A12, Pt 91 - Below Pt 89, new floor (Floor V) - 2.10 to 2.20 - above, grey layer; below, ashes -

Tomb 32, West Chamber: removal after recording of bronzes and pottery (nos. 47 to 51) -

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

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