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 65 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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The kiln lies in the NE corner of a room of the second architectural level (counting from the surface; the walls of this level are still used by the floor of layer 5 and project between 90 and 100 cm. The pottery found in the kiln Pt 40 is not very characteristic: large sherds of the Iron Age, perhaps introduced during the filling of the kiln; the top of the latter was respected by the floor of layer 5, then masked by the floors of layer 3. Approximate sketches of kiln Pt 40: Plan:

Drawing: plan of a horseshoe-shaped structure against a wall corner with a North arrow; labels: N; wall; 70 cm; 50 cm; Edge of the primitive trench

Section:

Drawing: cross-section of a globular structure next to a wall with stratigraphic layers and depth scale; labels: wall; 50 cm; 65 cm; 75 cm; 80 cm; 65 cm; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 90; 100; 110; 170; 180

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

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