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 131 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 65Scan 131 of 204

Material found in the floor under pt 89 (2 10 to 2 20) fragments of a cooking pot (cooking pot), small sherds of milk bowl, 1 Mycenaean sherd, 1 base-ring sherd, 1 red on black sherd, perhaps intrusive - So Late Bronze, flourishing -

Recording and removal of the last vessels in the tomb 32, West chamber (nos. 52 to 54). Work finished -

T 110: recording and removal of vessels.

Pt 134: the South-East niche contains the skeletons of numerous children; the miniature jugs there seem abundant -

According to Mr Karageorghis, the material of Pt 126 is homogeneous: early Late Bronze: white slip I, degenerate red on black, pottery of Syrian inspiration abundant -

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

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