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 155 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 77Scan 155 of 204

19/9/58 Trench XVIII - 0 to 90 cm: grey earth, resting on the rock which slopes; one reaches it at 20 cm to the south, 90 cm to the north -

Material: pottery very rare and not very characteristic not preserved fragment of coloured glass flask pyramidal loom weight

Trench XX - 0 to 30 cm: surface grey earth - layer ① 30 cm: floor, divided by walls; ② towards the middle of the trench: kiln with walls of baked clay (oven for bread): (Pt 7) Beyond 40 cm: reddish brown earth: layer ③ - NW corner, 45 cm: two bronze tools, a punch and a rod (Pt 8) - - SE corner, 65 cm: a rather oxidised rod of bronze (Pt 9) -

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

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