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 95 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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Trench VI - (see pp. 85 to 87) - Layer 4. 1°/ Cavities in the virgin soil : 1 painted sherd in fine chamois pottery (drawing) decoration dark red lustrous (kept) 1 sherd in fine chamois pottery (drawing) decoration painted brown (not kept) 1 sherd fine beige pottery (drawing) decoration painted brown (kept) 1 handle fragment in chamois pottery (drawing) with yellowish slip, decoration brown (kept) 1 handle fragment fine chamois pottery (drawing) red lustrous slip, upper part (kept) 2 sherds with red lustrous slip (not kept) 1 rim, "base ring", fairly thick (not kept) 1 sherd with black slip (not kept) 1 thick sherd in coarse gritty pottery (drawing) broad bands red lustrous (kept) 6 various sherds in gritty pottery, decorated with lines concentric red (1 only kept) 1 handle fragment with rectangular section (drawing) in beige well-fired pottery with black slip (not kept)

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

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