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 153 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 80Scan 153 of 196

pt 593: sector 94, depth 2 m 05: fragment of steatite mould, probably for a winged axe

Drawing: three views of a stone mould fragment

Sector 95, north part: thick white floor at c. 1 m 30 depth. On this floor, under pt 577, at 1 m 30, a bronze plaque (drawing) a fragment of white faience vessel a biconical marble spindle whorl (drawing) a fragment of bone rod (drawing)

Sector 96, west part: there seems to be a whitish floor at 1 m 25 of depth.

Sector 94, at 2 m 30, rock reached [illegible] also in the west part. Work finished in sectors 91, 92, 93 and 94.

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

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