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 149 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 73Scan 149 of 206

- Layer 3 1 rim of large bowl in chamois pottery with dark red decoration (preserved)

Drawing: rim profile and decorated band with herringbone pattern

1 rim of bowl, chamois pottery with slip white, bright red decoration (preserved)

Drawing: rim profile with horizontal lines

1 handle of similar bowl, fine pottery cream, bright red decoration (preserved)

Drawing: wishbone handle with painted strokes and horizontal lines below

3 rims of similar bowls (not preserved). 1 rim of plain bowl in beige pottery brown decoration (preserved)

Drawing: rim profile with horizontal bands

2 rims of similar bowls, less fine (not preserved)

curved arrow pointing from the "4 fragments..." line below up to this entry1 base fragment of white pottery with red spiral, parallel lines red on the exterior (preserved)

Drawing: ring base profile with horizontal bands on exterior

1 base of bowl with beige pottery with coarse red spiral (preserved)

Drawing: ring base profile

4 base fragments similar to the first (not preserved)

1 base of large bowl or krater with concentric circles of black paint (not preserved)

Drawing: ring base profile

1 rim of jar with yellow slip and red parallel lines on exterior

Drawing: rim profile; labels: (non conservé)

1 lug handle of jar with cream slip and brown decoration (not preserved)

Drawing: lug handle with hatched geometric decoration

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

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