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 19 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 8Scan 19 of 204

Dismantling of the balk above Pt 91 - 0 to 0.50: greyish surface earth, already removed - - 0.50 to 1.75: red earth with large elements of white limestone: pottery rare; 1 large fragment of bowl in green paste, with inturned rim, with black painted decoration in circles concentric inside and outside - and strokes on the rim - 1 ring base: Iron Age - - 1.75 to 1.80: grey earth with charcoal, with at places at the base a white layer floor: pottery rare; 1 rim of fine bowl, Iron Age, placed with the preceding - - 1.80 to 2.00: grey earth with charcoal: pottery rare and non-characteristic - - 2.00 to 2.10: floor of burnt red earth, corresponding to the level of Pt 89: pottery rare, 1 bowl in fine white pottery: (drawing) fragment of cut bone, fragments of bronze sherds with decoration of brown parallel lines - Beginning of Iron Age -

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

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