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 103 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.

Page 55Scan 103 of 196

Sector 25: Region Pt 476, 494 and 503, 428 1°/ 0 to 0 m 75: Iron Age pottery "wavy line" bowls, carinated bowls concave base (drawing) or reinforced (drawing) fragment of chandelier (drawing) At Pt 494, fragment of a (drawing) large bowl "wavy line" + weight in granite (drawing)

2°/ Beyond 0 m 75, the excavation continues Among the sherds already recovered, there seems to be a preponderance of Late Bronze III and of M B III. The material will be studied when the excavation will be completed.

Sector 26 - 27: Region Pt 501, 502, 524 1°/ 0 to 0 m 75: Iron Age pottery Sherd Pt 501: krater with degenerate spiral decoration "wavy line" sherds, handle (drawing) . [illegible] fragment of spouted jug strainer with red decoration (drawing)

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

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