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 51 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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Pt 217: bronze ring south end of trench, on the rock depth: 1.80

the pottery which accompanies is found beneath Pt 217, between the deepest floor and the rock belongs exclusively to M.B. III and may be L.B. I -

In the area [illegible] beneath Pt 207 where there was a hearth of M.B. III (see p. 21-22), to the north of this hearth, in a hollow of the to the east rock, another pocket with abundant M.B. III sherds -

This level M.B. III may be linked with the deepest walls in the part of the trench lying north of the E.-W. road -

South of the E.-W. road, there is only one architectural level, very damaged by the village diggings, intensive in this area -

At the south end of the 2nd trench, the level of the rock drops regularly it falls from 1.50 near the E.-W. road to about 2.00 -

Beneath Pt 213, layer 13: cylinder seal impression on M.B. III handle

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

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