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 123 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 65Scan 123 of 196

3rd/ Brown earth under wall and down to the rock Sherds RB and MB not very characteristic - 2 spindle whorl in steatite -

Material trench East sectors 89-90: Because of the proximity of the rock, no stratigraphic observation possible and no floor preserved. Walls preserved on a single course. Concentration of objects in sector 88 where there is a cavity dug into the rock: Pts 543, 545, 558, 559 (see p. 59, 60). In addition to the objects noted previously, 1 spindle whorl terracotta in the form of a bell no. 334 1 biconical spindle whorl t.c., 3 pyramidal loom weights 1 loom weight with double perforation (drawing) t.c. no. 335 1 loom weight in stone (drawing) , 2 pestles (drawing) 2 palettes, 2 polishers or weights no. 338, 339 Pottery Iron Age: bowl "wavy line", no. 340, 341 turned foot (drawing) , carinated bowl beginning of Iron Age.

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

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