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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 175 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.

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Finds from sector 95 (cf. p. 70): - 0,40 to 0,75 [illegible] Iron Age: cup with hollow base. (drawing) or with small ring base a few "wavy line" sherds (Myc. III B 2) jug base with spout (drawing) a few Late Bronze sherds coming from an neighbouring old excavation.

beginning of Iron Age - 0,75 to 1,30: a few "wavy line" sherds (Myc III B 2) "milk bowl" sherds Late Bronze, coming from the old excavation

- 1,30 to 1,50: very beginning of Iron Age: fairly fine "bucchero" sherds, jug with double-torus handle traces of brown paint (drawing) ladle fragment (drawing) jug fragment with black vertical decoration (drawing) bowl rim with black horizontal decoration (drawing) ("Late decorated")

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

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