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 141 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 70Scan 141 of 204

18/9/58 Trench XI - Stratigraphy: 0 to 30 cm: greyish surface earth: layer 1 30 to 60 cm: floor of small gravel: layer 2. 60 to 85 cm: burnt layer grey ashes ) layer 3 and charcoal ) from 85 cm, virgin soil (Konas) except to the North, where a well is dug whose filling is layer 4 (Ptt 12)

Material: Layer 1: Characteristic pottery forms: bowl with thickened rim, decorated with grooves (drawing) late "bucchero" ring bases carinated-rim bowl (drawing) Proposed date: 1150-1050 - end of Iron I Layer 2: Abundant pottery in the gravel of the floor fragment of ladle painted sherd (drawing) Proposed date: 1150-1050 - end of Iron I

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

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