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 83 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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Material Tr III (B II) Region pt 88 on the rock - sherds Late Bronze: milk bowl, red polished lustrous Mycenaean, base ring, neck of cream jar with brown decoration -

Material Southern Trench: pt 122: bowl with thick wall, thick rim (drawing) handle at the rim, Iron Age (complete shape) Region pt 112 to 125 - 0 to 0.60 foot or neck of jar in the form of a trumpet (drawing) or funnel fragments of wavy-line bowls of various sizes small ring feet (drawing) , jugs - Iron Age I -

Pt 125: 2 varieties mixed: a/ Late Bronze: milk bowl, base handle ring (drawing) white pottery, brown with white decoration b/ Middle Bronze: bowl with [illegible] stripes red (drawing) sherd bichrome, sherd with red decoration (drawing) on white ground, red lustrous red on black, red on red, painting in cross-hatching (drawing)

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

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