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 139 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 69Scan 139 of 204

Trench V- Stratigraphy 0 to 30 cm: greyish surface earth: Layer 1 30 cm: layer of sterile white limestone, (Pt 2) except pocket in the West with brown earth: layer 2 and stones 50 cm: virgin soil (Konos) except in West pocket, where one meets at 80 cm: layer of grey to black ash } layer 3 from 80 to 130 cm: ashy earth } 130 cm: virgin soil (Konos)

Material: Layer 1: abundant pottery, not very characteristic Characteristic shapes: bowls with "wish bone handle", (drawing) bowls of M.B. appearance: (drawing), sherds with brown glaze bowls with inturned rim. Proposed date: 1400-1300: L.B. II West pocket: layer [illegible] 3: abundant pottery (Pt 2) "red on black", lustrous, painted Proposed date: 1700-1600, M.B. III Shells-

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

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