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 121 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 64Scan 121 of 196

Material from South trench pt 552

Schematic section of the baulk pt 552, in part removed for control

Drawing: stratigraphic section against a wall block and foundation course; labels: Brown earth; Block; 1; Foundation course; 2; 3; Brown earth; Pisé

1°/ in white floor against course of upright blocks 1 late "milk bowl" sherd 1 Mycenaean cup sherd with white slip and decor red of concentric lines 1 fragment of jug (drawing) type RB 1 Base-ring sherd, 4 RB common pottery sherds All the sherds are RB II

2°/ in white floor against foundation course Below a thin sterile brown layer a thin floor whose top is flush with the level of the top of the foundation course, RB sherds of little characteristic type, including one Base-ring sherd and 1 small chip of "milk bowl"

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

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