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 133 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.

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Material collected between 0 and 0 m 40: - sect. 91: mixed pottery, not very characteristic 1 perforated baked clay ball (drawing) - sect 92: rare sherds, not typical - sect 93: fairly abundant pottery, 1/ mixed surface sherds: 1 Greek or Hellenistic sherd, 1 Middle Bronze red on black sherd 2/ pottery of late appearance, Iron Age submycenian bases (drawing) , undecorated krater rim (drawing) bowl with grooves on the rim (drawing) wide cup (drawing) (drawing) cup with concentric circle on the inside base small miniature jug, brick-red pottery one late "bucchero" sherd, one "wavy line" bowl sherd - very late. - - sect 94: rare sherds, not typical - sect 95: mixed surface pottery and probable presence of a village digging: one medieval glazed sherd chip of "milk bowl", of "red on black" bowls, sherds not very characteristic -

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

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