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 157 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 82Scan 157 of 196

Secteur 98: in the North-west corner of the sector, sump et (Pt 611) (see p 83) Into this sump opens a channel cylindrical in baked earth, which one follows over three metres in length and which appears to come out seems from to come from the plastered basin Pt 585, in sector 98 -

Pt 605: sect 98, 1 m 75 = bead in yellow faience (drawing) in the small hall to the west of Pt 585 - At the same level, fragment of piping in baked earth and orifice of a well dug in the south-east corner of the room (drawing) At the same level hammer in polished stone w.: 4 cms, th. 2 cms (drawing) l. 5 cms

Pt 606 = sect 98, 1,40 = spindle whorl in ivory, to the north (drawing) of the East-West wall -

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