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 87 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 43Scan 87 of 204

1/11/57 Trench III, B4 opening of the trench, B5-B8: excavation beyond 0.50. South Trench: excavation continued at Pts 118, 126, 124, cleaning at the spout down to the level of Pt 109, from Pt 122 to Pt 125, excavation continued beyond 1.00, to the East of Pt 125, beyond 0.50. between Pt 112 and 122, emptying of the poudja.

Trench III, in B 6, 0.50: large fragments of a basalt dish: Ptt 127. accompanied by the pestle or grinder of the same material.

South Trench, at 1.50 from the East end of the trench, at 0.70 depth: fragments of a bowl in bronze: Ptt 128. possibly in a poudja.

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

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