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 29 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 18Scan 29 of 196

27 SeptemberPt 461: weight in haematite (drawing) South trench, in the middle of the trench, depth: 0,55 no. 218

Pt 469: small Mycenaean cup (drawing) South trench, depth: 1 m 00, no. 219 west end of the trench, at the beyond a fine North-South wall

Tr. West, stratigraphy of sector 16 (cf. p. 12) - The clay met at 1 m 50 is not in fact the virgin soil, but a layer of clay mixed with sand of light green colour, descending down to 1 m 70 and without pottery. - At 1 m 70, floor of burnt reddish clay, with Late Bronze sherds, descending down to 1 m 90 - From 1 m 90 to 2 m 10, clayey earth hard in horizontal strata, with MB sherds. - At 2 m 10, limestone rock.

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

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