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 179 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 93Scan 179 of 196

fragment of cup with cylindrical foot (drawing) late "wavy line" sherds (III B2 late)

jar base with spout (drawing)

greenish pottery sherd with incised decoration (drawing)

greenish pottery sherd with incised mark (drawing)

- 0,75 to 0,90: beginning Iron Age abundance of large "wavy line" bowls with black decoration (III C 2 late), of late style. base of cup with foot (drawing) with red slip pyramidal loom weight (drawing)

- 0,90 to 1,25: extreme beginning Iron Age small fine globular "wavy line" bowls with black or red decoration, of ancient style (III C 2 Early)

- 1,25 to 1,60, on the rock: beginning End Late Bronze cream pottery with red decoration (III C 1) decoration of spirals (drawing), "close style", and on base of cup (late decorated) - late Base-ring - a stone polisher -

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

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