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 161 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.

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20/9/58_ (see p. 72) Trench IX . Pt 3: tomb with skeletons superimposed, skulls to the East. 1st skeleton adult: skull at 140 cm depth, face towards the south, body extended - Behind the head, a jug "bucchero" (no. 1); under the skull, bronze bowl (no. 2) - 2nd skeleton adult: skull at 150 cm depth, to the west of the previous one, face to the south, body extended. Behind the head, a "bucchero" jug (no. 3), a bronze spatula (no. 4); to the west of the head, stone cup (no. 5). Between the bronze bowl no. 2 and the jug no. 3, small black "bucchero" jug (no. 6), completely decomposed. Bones and material are in very poor condition: of the skeletons, only the teeth could be preserved; the teeth of individual 1 are stained by the bronze of the bowl. The feet and the lower part of the legs are visible in section to the West. Depth of tomb base: 155 cm.

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

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