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 199 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 99Scan 199 of 204

T. XXXVII - (see p. 88) Ptt 23 : cylinder in grey stone, at 70 cm from depth; beside it, fragments of a bronze earring; corner SE. Ptt 24 : corner NW, at 60 cm depth, pendant in the shape of a teardrop (drawing) in stone or amber:

Trench XXXVI - (see p. 90) layer 5: the rock is reached at 230 cm so the layer runs from 175 to 230 cm typical RB pottery (see p. 92) -

Trench XL - (see p. 95) [illegible] Continuation of the stratigraphy: To the North, between 1 and 2, 70 to 75 cm: white floor (layer 1 bis)

120 to 160: brown earth throughout the trench: Layer 3 Beyond 160 cm, homogeneous white layer

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

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