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 193 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 96Scan 193 of 204

Tr. XXXVIII Stratigraphy: 0 to 60 cm: upper earth: layer 1 60 cm: in the centre, East-West road; to the north and south, brown earth with stones (fragments of walls?) } layer 2 60 to 160, to the north and south, } 160 to 180: to the north, stones, walls and ash beds - to the south, fine greenish earth: layer 3 180 cm: to the south, floor of stones and earth whitish; excavation stopped: layer 4 in a hollow of this floor, jar with 2 handles and without neck, lying in situ.

Material: Layer 1: worn and mixed pottery, not kept Layer 2: fine Iron I pottery, fairly rare. "wavy line", double handle (drawing) Layer 3: abundant pottery but not very characteristic, dating from end L.B. - beginning of Iron I: sub-Mycenaean.

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

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