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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 155 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 81Scan 155 of 196

10/11/61Excavation continued in sectors 95 to 98. Opening of a new trench to the East from the northern end of the 1960 area: sectors 111, 112, 113, 114

Sector 98 - to the East of pt 585, small room square with no visible access - at 1m50 depth, stones abundant at 1m70, fragment of earthenware piping fired and large coarse cup -

Pt 601: sect. 97, depth 1m20, on a floor jewellery mould in steatite rectangular (drawing) dimensions: 5cm8 x 7cm8 x 1cm3 + sharpener in steatite (drawing) l. : 10cms In sector 97, at 1m20, white floor continuing that met at 1m25 in sector 96.

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

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