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 117 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 62Scan 117 of 196

3o/ Clayey earth under white floor 1m10-1m50: Abundant pottery M.B. III in various types well represented elsewhere - Fragment of coarse terracotta object, possibly a vessel support for hearth ("andiron") - (drawing)

Trench West, squares 22-23 under pts 499 and 505: floor 1m70-1m90: Pottery exclusively M.B. III.

Trench West, square 25: Region Pts 476, 494 503 and 498 (see p. 55) 2o/ 0,75-1m60: Pottery Late Bronze II abundant Mycenaean cups with spiral decoration in dark red paint, fine cream slip fragments of jar with red concentric bands fragment of late krater: krater handle with | decoration black | brown paint: (drawing)

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

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