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 47 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 22Scan 47 of 206

142-150: greenish clayey earth: Layer 9 150-152: white bed: floor IV: Layer 10 pottery of layer 9: "red on black", burnished, etc, probably MB III or RB I

Pt 214: engraved ivory handle, below Pt 209 (see p. 20), north end of trench depth: 170

Area Pts 207 and 213: 152-172: greenish clayey earth: Layer 11 172-175: bed of white material: floor V: (ashes) Layer 12 pottery layer 11: small sherds probably MB III. At 150 cm, the wall of a hearth in earth baked; it is only within the limits of this hearth that layers 8 and following appear.

Near Pt 211 (see p. 20), fragment of bone stylus.

Area Pts 207-213: 175-200 cm: clayey earth, with stones and abundant sherds, fill of hasty appearance: Layer 13 this layer rests on the rock and forms a base for the hearth whose base is at 172 (top of layer 12) abundant pottery of MB III.

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

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