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 69 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 33Scan 69 of 206

This floor runs under the walls of the second level architectural. Pottery of layers 8 and 9: RB II - III: fine bowls with concentric decoration (drawing) tenons with painted concentric decoration, apparently no Mycenaean but this may be accidental

11/10/56. Trench XLIII. (see above) 200 to 225 cm. Layer 10: greenish clayey earth 225 to 230 cm: Layer 11: white floor bound to the architectural level lower. Pottery of layers 10 and 11: rare, sherds "base ring", "milk bowl", RB II - III. In layer 11, pt 41: a sort of cemented basin base at 250 cm - south of the bread oven (see p. 32).

230 to 310 cm: Layer 12: granular layer with charcoal, gravel and elements white, probably a series of floors Pottery rare: "base ring", "milk bowl", "red on black", painted with red, lustrous decoration, RB I or MB III. 1 pestle in basalt.

The rock is reached between 280 and 310 cm, because it slopes down from east to west. Work finished.

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

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