Notebook·34 CDF art. 128-7·1960–1961

Excavation notebook of Contenson, 5th notebook, 1960 and 1961H. de Contenson

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 101 of notebook 34 CDF art. 128-7 (Excavation notebook of Contenson, 5th notebook, 1960 and 1961), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 128-7, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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2nd/ Pt 527: pottery transition Late Bronze Iron Age - Fragment of large krater in earth verdâtre de style dégradé (drawing) strainer spout with black decoration (drawing)

fragments of jug with strainer spout (drawing) and dark red decoration

1 weight in the form of a cap in stone (drawing) 1 small cylindrical object in steatite (drawing) 1 loom weight of fired clay. fragments of sub-Mycenaean carinated bowls (drawing)

3rd/ 1m15 - 1m75: no sherds. 1m75 - 2m00: pottery scarce - Late Bronze: Mycenaean sherds with spirals in in red paint, "milk bowl", ("base ring" ware ?) - Middle Bronze: base of vase Tell Yahudiyeh, "red on black", pottery painted on light ground -

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

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