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 29 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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therefore coincides with the abandonment of the floor to which belonged the vessel Pt 89 – floor immediately on the rock . [illegible] . There was no trace of this floor above the well Pt 91

Drawing: stratigraphic section showing a pit, layers, and stacked stones; labels: Pt 89; layer of burning; Pt 91

– Beside Pt 106, spindle whorl in black earthenware (drawing)

Pt 108: spindle whorl or button in steatite (drawing) Tr III, B 12, northern half, 1.60 Near Pt 108, large fragment of antler of deer .

Tomb Pt 32: West hall continued excavation: pts 1 to 23 belong to the layer upper: from the top of the fill at the level of the dromos . Beyond, bones abundant in disorder and again whole pots and sherds. East hall: the pottery almost all intact, the bronzes, the mass and the weights are removed .

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

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