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 143 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 71Scan 143 of 204

Layer 3: Characteristic pottery forms: sherds with concentric painted decoration (drawing) flat-bowl base, concentric interior decoration carinated bowl rim Proposed date: 1200-1050, beginning of Iron I

Layer 4: Characteristic pottery forms: Pt 12 miniature jug with wide handles (drawing) fragment of "milk bowl" plain painted sherds, 1 Mycenaean Proposed date: 1400-1200, LB II - III Numerous shells

Trench IX - Stratigraphy: 0 to 20 cm: grey surface earth - layer 1 20 to 60 cm: red earth with particles } layer 2 white limestone } 60 to 100 cm: to the NE, white lime floor and gravel, bounded by a wall - to the SW of the wall, burnt layer of ashy earth: layer 3

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

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