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 97 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 47Scan 97 of 206

1 fragment of handle of the same type in red brick pottery,
with brown-red slip (not preserved)
Isolated sherds M B III or R B I
(XVII - XVI c.)

2nd/ layer: 1 sherd of large vessel in fine cream pottery with brown painting in very closely spaced bands (drawing) with very clear outline (preserved) 2 similar sherds, in ochre pottery with slip white, black decoration (not preserved) 1 similar sherd in greenish-white pottery dark brown decoration (not preserved) handle fragment in fine buff pottery (drawing) with cream slip, red-brown decoration

3 similar handle fragments (not preserved) 1 rim of carinated cup with decoration (drawing) flaking black, in fine cream pottery (preserved) 2 rims of cups of same form, (drawing) undecorated (not preserved) 10 fragments of "milk bowl" bowls of the evolved type (ladder decoration) (not preserved) 5 handle fragments of "milk bowl" bowls (not preserved) 1 sherd in fine cream pottery with black decoration (preserved) (drawing) 1 similar sherd (preserved) 1 sherd with concentric decoration brown (preserved)

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

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