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 25 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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Sector 61: Region South pt 368 mixed pottery Iron Age, Late Bronze, Middle Bronze - not very characteristic - 1 disc t.c. . - 3 spindle whorls in pottery - fragment of grey stone sharpener 1 bead in glass paste | no. 209

Sector 62: Region North pt 378 mixed pottery of the Middle Bronze to the Iron Age - Nothing preserved 1 club (?) in alabaster | no. 214

Sector 63: Region pt 378 jug base Iron Age (?) or Late Bronze

Drawing: profile of a stemmed vessel base

Handle, bowl, Base-ring, large size

Drawing: wishbone handle

Bowl, cup "red on red" Krater fragment Iron Age with degenerate decoration Jar fragment with bichrome decoration with motif "Union Jack"

Drawing: two "Union Jack" squares between parallel horizontal lines

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

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