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 141 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 74Scan 141 of 196

Sector 91: north of the road, u at 0 m 60, layer of grey ash resting on a floor of whitish burnt earth at 0 m 75 depth. At the limit of sectors 91 and 92, east-west wall joining the north-south wall located to the west. Below 0 m 75, brick-red clayey earth.

Pt 577: sector 95, depth: 0 m 70: fragment of handle with impression, (drawing) perhaps head of Astarte.

Sector 94, below Pt 569, floor white to beige brickish at 1 m 50 depth, fourth floor from the surface. Sector 93, south part, below pt 572, thick floor white, extending that met resting directly on the in sector 94 limestone rock, also white, at 1 m 50 of depth. Sector 96, below Pt 575, 1 m 00 depth: bronze needle (drawing) 14 cm 5

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

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