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 85 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 42Scan 85 of 204

Pt 123: Middle Bronze: red on black, lustrous red, with black painted decoration bichrome, with red painted decoration with raised incised band . (drawing)

Above Pt 124: 2.00 to 2.25 (on the floor) 2.25 to 2.50 (in the floor)

Late Bronze: black with white decoration, milk bowl, base ring (drawing) , soft white pottery, knob foot (drawing) 1 sherd with white slip and red decoration: (drawing) date doubtful _

Above Pt 126: 2.00 to 2.25: dismantling of the floor dubious fragment in red earth . (drawing) small worn sherds Late Bronze: Mycenaean, milk bowl, base ring _ and Middle Bronze (rarer): red on black. _ 2.25 to 2.40, on the rock south of Pt 126: worn Middle Bronze sherds: black painted, bichrome, red painted, red on black, lustrous, black slip -

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

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