Notebook·34 CDF art. 128-7·1960–1961

Excavation notebook of Contenson, 5th notebook, 1960 and 1961H. de Contenson

·

Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 143 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 75Scan 143 of 196

Material collected between 0 and 0 m 40: – sect 96: mixed pottery, mostly Iron Age – Late Bronze fragments, brought up by a village excavation. 2 sherds with brown painted decoration: (drawing) basket handle fragment (drawing) 1 Bucchero sherd, wavy line sherds bowls 1 horn-shaped handle fragment (drawing) with chevron incisions (Middle Bronze?) – sect 97: rare mixed surface sherds, including one medieval glazed. – sect 98: mixed surface pottery, Roman, Iron Age and Late Bronze. an idol fragment (drawing) Mycenaean (?), undecorated:

– sect 98: mixed pottery: Iron Age and presence of a number of Middle Bronze sherds, indicating an excavation ancient – basket handle fragment, sherds with lines concentric, sherd with Maltese cross: (drawing) painted in brown.

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

Spotted a wrong reading? Write to us or use alexis@ancientcyprus.com