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 173 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 86Scan 173 of 204

23/9/58 _Trench _XXXI__ - 0 to 30 cm: surface layer = layer 1 30 cm: in places, numerous stones - In the S.W. corner, pt 16 = small jug intact, overturned in the middle of the stones: base at 30 cm, trilobate rim at 45 cm - Beyond 30 cm: reddish earth: layer 2 nadja in the S.E. part.

_Trench _VI__ - (see p. 85) 30 to 100 cm: layer 2: [illegible] to the south, grey earth with stones, animal bones and abundant sherds, embedded in a greyish cement - perhaps road - in the Centre ) reddish earth with and North ) house walls [illegible] in the Centre, Pts 13 and 14 - Material recovered: very abundant pottery: bowls "wavy line" bowls with flattened base (drawing)

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

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