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 145 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 76Scan 145 of 196

9/11/61: Square 96, to the West of the North-South wall, floor white, thin, at 0m90 depth Below, greasy brown earth Square 98: two large old excavations have disturbed almost the whole surface Square 95: large old excavation in the north part, a bronze: (drawing) at 1m00 depth.

Pt 584: square 92, depth: 0m90, on the rock: weight in green stone, probably (drawing) steatite; base roughly quadrangular

Pt 585: square 98, depth [illegible] average: 0m80 plastered surface, surrounded by stones laid on a kind of paving of sherds and small stones, and running (drawing) under the east limit of the trench. Basin-shaped form

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

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