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 181 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 97 (cf p. 75). - 0,75 to 0,90: abundant Iron Age pottery with decoration type "wavy line" late (III C2 late), belonging to the same floor and following on from that noted in 96: large kraters with horizontal handle,

Drawing: profile of a rim and handle, and a curved handle] black or orange-red slip

- large bowls [illegible] deep with black or red decoration - small jar with small foot (lacking the neck) (drawing) Jug, coarse green pottery (drawing) fragment of late stirrup vase, black decoration

- 0,90 to 1,20: early "wavy line" type pottery (III C2 Early): Iron Age small globular bowls with thin walls, black decoration or dark red "wavy line", horizontal handles - cup of same style with vertical handle (drawing) Two handles with incised signs (drawing) 1 pottery loom-weight (drawing), 1 small chisel bronze, broken (drawing)

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

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