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 89 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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sherds of1 loom weight (Inv no. 4) 1 rim of "milk bowl" bowl with simple decoration (drawing) (not preserved) 1 rim of "spindle bottle" in (drawing) orange pottery (not preserved) 1 vessel fragment in yellowish pottery with painted decoration of black parallel lines, of good workmanship (not preserved) | Sherds RB II-III (1400-1200)

- Layer 1 bis [floor] and 1 handles and rims of bowls, type (drawing) "wavy line" in yellow or chamois pottery (not preserved 1 flattened and polished pebble (Inv no. 3) 1 pestle or grinder in basalt (Inv no. 2) | Sherds Iron I (1200-1050)

In trench III, 2 floors: one of the RB II-III the other of Iron I.

Trench V - (see p. 69) - Layer 3, pt 2 Fragments of pithoi with band in (drawing) relief covered with incisions, of several types chamois gritty pottery, sometimes with cream slip (not preserved)

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

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