Notebook·34 CDF art. 128-5·1958

Excavation notebook of Contenson, 11th season, no. 3H. de Contenson

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 101 of notebook 34 CDF art. 128-5 (Excavation notebook of Contenson, 11th season, no. 3), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 128-5, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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1 rim of krater in fine cream pottery with dark red decoration (preserved)

Drawing: rim sherd with profile and painted decoration of lines, zigzags and dotted circle

1 miniature jug (Pt 17) (Inv no. 51), which seems later 1 fragment of limestone mould (Inv no. 54) 1 sherd with incised sign (Inv no. 55)

Mycenaean pottery R B II - III (XIV - XIII c.)

- Layer 3 1 rim of krater in coarse pottery yellowish slip, brown decoration of spirals (preserved)

Drawing: rim sherd with profile and spiral decoration

3 rims of similar kraters (not preserved) 1 rim of bowl in fine pottery with white slip, flaring, bands red inside (preserved)

Drawing: rim sherd with profile and horizontal bands

1 similar rim, yellowish slip (preserved) 1 similar rim, cream slip (preserved) 5 rims of the same type (not preserved) 1 fine flaring rim with black slip (preserved) 3 straight rims with concentric decoration (not preserved) 3 rims of carinated bowls (not preserved) 2 ring bases in friable pottery with spirals painted in black on the base (1 preserved)

Drawing: profile of a ring base

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

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