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 185 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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24/9/58 Trench VI - (see p. 85) Pt 18: depth: 60 cm (layer 2) - in the S.W. corner of the chamber which occupies the central part of the trench, group of bronze objects: a chariot wheel, a fragment of openwork wall (drawing), a thick rod with square section - a ball in ivory: (drawing)

Trench XXXVI - (see p. 90) 175 to 210 cm: to the South, brown earth: layer 5 with stones, slag and charcoal The excavation is provisionally halted at 2.10, but the layer continues beyond.

Material: fragments of "milk bowl", 〃 〃 "base ring", ladles of a rather fine type - Date: probably RB II-III - Mycenaean sherd

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

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