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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 91 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 45Scan 91 of 204

Tr III , B8: floor at 0.90.

Ptt 127 (Tr III , B): Iron Age pottery

Drawing: three profiles of vessel handles and necks

(not preserved)

14h 45: work stopped because of storm -

Material South Trench - East of Pt 125, on surface, Mycenaean sherds indications of padja - - Area Pt 122 - 125, 0.50 to 1.00 = Iron Age I - wavy line bowls of large and small size, graphitized bowl (cooking pot) (drawing) Byzantine glazed sherd or medieval - Area Pt 122 - 125, 1.00 - 1.25: Iron Age I - wavy line bowls, bucchero, painted pottery handle with incised sign (drawing)

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

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