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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 177 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 88Scan 177 of 204

Trench XXXVII = Stratigraphy: 0 to 20 cm: surface earth: layer 1 20 to 60 cm: reddish earth: layer 2 beyond 60 cm: over the whole surface of the trench, layer 3: grey cement with stones and small sherds; = road very wide, or a square at a crossroads -

Material: very rare and coarse pottery "bucchero" sherds incense burner with in the shape of a bird (drawing) Date: Iron I bird's head

Trench XXXVI Stratigraphy: North half 0 to 20: greyish surface earth: layer 1 20 to 70 cm: brown earth: layer 2 70 to 75 cm: burnt red earth, 1 floor: layer 3 75 to 90 cm: white layer and burnt earth, floors: layer 4

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

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