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 55 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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Tomb Pt 110: the entrance door is in place, at the W. of the dromos.

Pt 114: cavity in B 1 in the shape of a bottle, probably 1 silo; very few sherds; block of iron ore (?), recovered for analysis.

Pt 115. Mycenaean sherds: base of vessel, upper part of stirrup vase at 1.90 Trench South, between Pts 109 and Pt 112.

Pt 116: south of the previous one, upper part of a stirrup vase - under a floor - at 1.70. - accompanied by an ear-ring (?) of bronze (drawing)

T. III, B 9: at 2.10, fine paving up to the North-South wall - excavation stopped.

Pt 117: in B 3, tomb formerly excavated.

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

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