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 187 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 97Scan 187 of 196

Material sector 98 (Pr. 75)

– 0,40 - 0,80 : Iron Age fragments of large "wavy line" bowls (III C 2 late) of late type. fragment of torch with modelled decoration (drawing) one spindle whorl, terracotta (drawing) one pyramidal loom weight (drawing)

– 0,80 - 1,75 : Extreme beginning of Iron Age to end of Late Bronze: fine bowls, white paste, with spiral decoration (III C 1) cups with painted spiral on the base and small horizontal handle twisted handle, perhaps later (drawing) spindle whorl in polished quartz, conical (drawing) (Pt 605) (cf. p. 96 and 82)

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

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