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 9 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 3Scan 9 of 206

Trench XLVI . Stratigraphy of upper layers: 0 to 70 cm: brown earth: Layer 1 70 to 90 cm: compact ashy earth: Layer 2 (floors) - at the centre [illegible], at 80 cm, on the floor: pt 26: two jugs in situ - to the north, at 80 cm, on the floor: pt 27: two outils [illegible] of iron - Beyond 90 cm, reddish earth: Layer 3 not excavated

[sketch: profile of a shallow bowl with a short foot[sketch: small profile of a carinated bowl with horizontal linesFinds from upper layers: Layers 1 and 2: abundant pottery. jug with spout fitted with a strainer and side handle (Pt 26, no. 1) small jug with spout cylindrical (Pt 26, no. 2) ] cup with red decoration concentric and short foot - sickle in iron; the other tool is not identifiable, fragment of bronze arrowhead Date: Iron I. Layer 3: carinated bowls with decoration] concentric, ladle - Date: Iron I.

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

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