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 31 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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Finds from Trenches I and II

Pt 95: Mixed material: 1 handle, Iron Age 1 sherd, close style 1 chip, milk bowl 1 rim of flaring bowl with black decoration

Drawing: profile of a handle with a knob at top, and a sherd with vertical bands, chevrons and concentric semi-circles

1 sherd with black decoration on light green ground (burnt)

Drawing: sherd with intersecting bands of parallel lines

1 sherd red on black

B 1, north half, 2.00 to 2.10: 2 sherds in white paste 1 of a very fine small bowl 1 of a large bowl with flaring rim with very faded black decoration; 1 fragment bois de cerf of horn (room north of the room of Pt 71)

Drawing: two rim profiles and a linear decoration pattern

[illegible] B 3, 2.30 to 2.50: MB: 2 bichrome sherds, 1 sherd with black decoration (white painted) 1 rim of red burnished jug with spout

Drawing: profile of a vessel wall with a spout; labels: bec

1 sherd of painted vessel with motif of the Union Jack (beige paint on) (cream ground) (west area of Pt 71)

Drawing: profile of a carinated vessel and a sherd with horizontal bands, cross-hatched squares and semi-circles

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

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