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 107 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 57Scan 107 of 196

3rd/ 1 m 60 to 2 m 50. - Late Bronze I-II pottery: Mycenaean sherds with burnished decoration, "base ring" ware "milk bowl", sherds of "base ring" ware with decoration painted in white, sherd of a Syrian bottle in orange lustrous pottery, fragment of cylindrical vessel (drawing) fragments of painted jars with parallel band decoration - Middle Bronze pottery: "red on black", "red on red", painted with simple decoration (drawing) jug handle painted in black (drawing)

4th/ Pt 538 fragments of large kraters Late Bronze II: concentric bands dark red or brown fragment of Mycenaean cup with brown lustrous decoration (drawing) "base ring" ware "milk bowl", base of Syrian jar. (drawing) painted sherds in Late Bronze II-I style.

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

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