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 13 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.

Page 5Scan 13 of 206

greenish, with almost no sherds = C 7 It should be noted that the floors of layer 5 continue above this cavity, as can be seen in the section located at the West - At 320 cm, rock bottom of the cavity (layer 7) which extends toward the west -

Trench XLVI (see p. 3) 90 to 130: Layer 3 130 cm: white or greenish layer in places; indication of a floor which forms Layer 4. Resting on this floor in the p near the NW corner of the trench, at 125 cm, ladle almost complete: Pt 28 -

Trench XL (under Pt 19) (see p. 4) Dismantling of the Mycenaean pithos - Inside the pithos, at 200 cm depth, a cylinder scarab in blue paste: Pt 29 - The pestle was also found in the jar -

Trench XXXVIII (see p. 96) South part, 190 to 195: white floor: layer 4 195 to 240, fine brown earth: c. 5 240: rock [illegible] or floor - Layer 5: primitive "milk bowl", fine "base ring", bichrome pottery, red on red, red on black, etc. Date: end MB III - beginning RB I

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

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