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 157 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 78Scan 157 of 204

70 cm: in the SE part, ashes: layer 4 80 cm: '' '' '' , floor: layer 5 90 cm '' '' '' , burnt earth: layer 6 110 cm: virgin soil (Kono)

Material:

layers 1-2: a few mixed sherds (not kept) layer 3: fairly abundant pottery (Pts 8 and 9) few characteristic sherds: 1 "bucchero" sherd "base ring" sherds neck of a juglet (drawing) Date proposed: LB III 1 mass with unfinished perforation, 1 conical loom weight 2 spindle whorls, 1 of stone, 1 of baked clay layers 4-6: small sherds, not abundant red on black, lustrous, Mycenaean with lustrous paint Date proposed LB I - II

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

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