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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 99 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 49Scan 99 of 204

Trench III, B5-B8 - 0.50 to 1.25 (Region Pt 127) ( 0.50-0.70: the whole surface 0.70 - 1.25: South half only):

Iron Age pottery: bowl with ring base with red spiral decoration inside, base with a cup-shaped hollow lower part of jar with red concentric decoration (drawing) miniature feeding-bottle jug (drawing) trefoil-lipped and side handle

South Trench, Regions Pts 122-125, 1.00 to 1.25: Iron Age pottery of "wavy line" type + Late Bronze sherds (Mycenaean, milk bowl, base-ring) (probably from a dpadja)

Tr. South, Pt 129: Bucchero vases, jug with ring foot , short spout (drawing) ( shield/war fragment preserved ) -

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

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