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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 151 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 75Scan 151 of 204

3Trench XVII - Stratigraphy: 0 to 50 cm: greyish earth: layer 1 50 to 70 cm: 2 floors immediately one above the other. in the SE corner, hole descending to a depth of 1.95: layer 2, (Pt 6) 70 cm: elsewhere, virgin soil (Konos).

Material: Layer 1: rare pottery. 1 sling bullet t.c. "wavy line" bowls carinated bowls cup with lugs (drawing) 1 polished stone weight 2 basalt pestles Proposed date: 1150-1050. end of Iron I Layer 2: rare pottery. (Pt 6) fragment of jug with long neck fragment "base ring" Proposed date: 1400-1200, LB II-III -

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

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