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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 11 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 9Scan 11 of 196

Pt 440: jar in situ, with slab laid over the mouth, which is level with a floor; Tr. Ouest, secteur 14 Depth: rim: 1 m 95

No 215Pt 441: weight in marble (drawing) Tr. Ouest, secteur 11 Depth = 1 m 30

Pt 442: bowl Middle Bronze (drawing) complete, set in a layer of fine blackish burnt earth. No 350 Tr. Ouest, secteur 11 Depth: 1 m 45 In the same layer, large fragments of other bowls and M.B. sherds.

Pt 438 (continued): the only sherds recovered so far near the bronzes and the flints are Middle Bronze. (see below, p 22) -

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

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