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 189 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 steatite spindle whorl (Inv N° 98). 1 miniature jug soft pottery (drawing) whitish (Inv N° 99) 1 loom weight (Inv N° 100) and 1 counterweight (Inv N° 101) | Iron I pottery, intermediate phase | and final (1150-1050)

Trench XLIII - (see p. 9, 10, 32 and 33) - Layer 12 1 rim of bowl with spout, black slip (drawing) on both faces, red stripes exterior (drawing) degenerate "red on black" style) fine beige pottery (not preserved) 5 sherds of late "red on black" bowls smaller (not preserved) 1 sherd "red on black" of good workmanship 1 sherd with red decoration exterior, (drawing) black slip interior (not preserved) 1 sherd of beige pottery with brown decoration (drawing) (not preserved) 3 chips of "milk bowl" bowls (not preserved) 2 sherds of jugs in gritty pottery (drawing) yellowish with brown decoration (not preserved) 1 similar handle fragment (drawing) with circular section (not preserved) 4 sherds "red on red" (not preserved) 10 sherds of early "base ring" (not preserved) 1 grinder (Inv N° 204), bronze fragments (Inv N° 205) | Sherds MB III and LB I, | rather this last period -

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

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