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 69 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 34Scan 69 of 204

Pt 83: flat bottom reached at 4 m 00 (drawing) excavation completed-

Pt 119: pair of twisted gold earrings; near the pt 93, at 2.40.

In this sector, fine floor at 2.00 of plaster white, very hard, 5 cm thick - under a layer of ash and burnt earth (as in the area of Pt 116) -

To the W. of Pt 115 / 116, N.-S. wall - To the W. of this wall, fine floor of white plaster at 2.25 - corresponding to that found at the E. of the wall between 1.90 and 2.00 - the dismantling of this floor seems to yield only Late Bronze sherds (or of these floors successive) - From 2.50 to the rock, red earth, where there seems to be only Middle Bronze sherds - These observations are to be confirmed by a

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

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