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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 159 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 79Scan 159 of 204

Trench XXII - 0 to 50 cm: surface greyish earth 50 cm: virgin soil (Konos) -

Rare and mixed pottery (not preserved) -

Trench XXVI - Stratigraphy: 0 to 50 cm: grey surface earth: layer 1 to 50 cm, limestone rock except in the southern third where the the brown earth continues, with stones: layer 2 In this layer: (Pt 10): burial in open earth with jugs in situ not yet excavated. layer 1 (Pt 10) Material: Layer 1: rare pottery: characteristic form bowls "wavy lines" Proposed date: 1150-1050, end of Iron I Layer 2: not yet excavated -

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

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