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 17 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 12Scan 17 of 196

Below, greenish clayey earth. Rock reached in places at 1 m 90.

From 0 to 1 m 15, Iron Age pottery 1 m 30 to 1 m 60: sherds rare, sub-Mycenaean end Late Bronze Below 1 m 60, Middle Bronze sherds.

Tr West, stratigraphy of sector (16) not very clear, architecture complicated. Floors not very distinct as in sector (6), corresponding sector in the layer previous trench. 1 m 30: white floor Iron Age 1 m 50: sterile clay s on rock, [illegible] (see p. 18)

Tr. West, stratigraphy of sector (17): no observation possible: old excavations

N.B.: the floor of sector (15) at 1 m 60 yielded the cylinder.

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

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