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 135 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 71Scan 135 of 196

Sector 94, below Pt 569, at 0m75, second floor: layer of small stones, with abundant horizontal sherds.

Sector 91: the top of the fill of the East-West road is reached at 0m40 from depth. South of the road, grey ashy earth, probably a village excavation.

Sector 93: in the western part, large ancient excavation filled with stones.

Sector 94, below Pt 569, on the floor at 0m75, spindle whorl steatite, (drawing) incised on the border

Sectors 96 to 98: from 0 to 0m40, surface earth brown to maroon. From 0m40, compact red earth with white specks, with the tops of walls in places. For example, in the Sector 97: fragment of North-South wall.

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

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