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 197 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 98Scan 197 of 204

100 to 160 cm: reddish earth to the north, white floor to the north and centre } Layer ③ ashy earth to the south At the SW corner, the plastered hole continues - x Throughout the whole south part of the trench, small installations and hearths compartmented by small walls - probably workshops; these installations pass under the wall of layer ② [illegible] x At 160 cm, plastered base of the SW hole - Beyond 160 cm, greenish earth: layer ④ not excavated -

Material: Layers ① to ③: "wavy lines" pottery of very good quality, "bucchero nero", homogeneous and grouped pottery - Probable date: end of Iron I - 1150-1050

Square C. 0 - Stone palette fragment found on the surface.

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

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