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 171 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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Fragments of "wavy lines" bowl of medium (drawing) to small narrow foot), black decoration (not preserved) Fragments of 3 similar bowls (not preserved) 5 rims of similar bowls (not preserved) | End of Iron I (1100-1050) | classic "wavy lines" style

Trench XLI - (see p. 1, 34 to 38) - Layer 6 1 fragment of pottery spout, well (drawing) fired, buff, hand-made, with brown to red slip (not preserved) 1 fragment of handle, buff pottery (drawing) well fired, with red slip (not preserved) 1 ring base, pottery well fired (drawing) grey, hand-made (not preserved) 7 sherds of gritty pottery (not preserved) | MB III or RB I sherds, isolated in | fill on the rock

- Layers 4 and 5 1 cup in fine buff pottery, cracked, (drawing) bright red decoration: 1 band at the rim, spiral on the base, a wavy band on the exterior, narrow foot (Pt 42) 1 large "wavy lines" bowl in cream pottery, with black decoration and black interior slip, light circle at the base (Pt 42) (Inv no. 221)

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

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