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 15 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 6Scan 15 of 204

24/10/57 A12, Pt 91: methodical dismantling of the half of the balk. The greyish earth layer surface (0 to 0.50) has already been removed. Tr II, B1-B6: excavation between 2.00 and 2.50 B7, North half: excavation between 1.50 and 2.00. Tr III, B8-B19: excavation beyond 1.00. Sector D: excavation continued and extended towards the East.

Pt 97: sector D; large clay weight at 1.50, in reddish earth.

Drawing: trapezoidal weight with a circular hole near the top

From 1.50 to 2.00: grey earth with charcoal Pt 98: resting on a floor at 2.00, in the same room as Pt 97, to the East of thatone, a half pithos set horizontally against the East wall.

Drawing: half-vessel lying horizontally on a flat line

In the same room as the preceding points, the rock is reached at 2.60 in the North, 2.80 in the South approximately. Excavation finished.

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

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