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 79 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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Opening of trench III in B5 B6, B7 and B8. Work stopped in B10 and B11; resumed excavation of the well near Pt 80 in B9.

Tomb Pt 118: removed from the tomb after recording an iron knife (no. 1) and, a whetstone (no. 2) and a bronze bowl (no. 3).

Pt 123: small [illegible] cylindrical silo in the corner against the south edge of the trench, to the S. E. of pts 115/116.

Pt 124: beyond the wall to the West of pts 115/116, large cavity in the rock with numerous M.B. sherds; one finds these from the bottom of the Late Bronze floor (floor V ?) (at 250).

Resumed excavation of T. 32, West hall. Opening of T. 110.

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

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