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 37 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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2nd/ Sherds of Middle Bronze appearance fragments of jugs with red linear decoration (drawing) Sherds "red on black", "red on red" base ring ware ancien Handle with deep incisions (drawing)

The bronzes would therefore date back to Late Bronze

Pt 482: cylinder in frit with (drawing) No. 221 standing figures, stylized Very friable. Cuneiform signs - South trench, middle of the trench at 1 m 50 south of Pt 416 - depth: 2 m 00, on the rock, to the North of an East-West wall.

Pt 483: arrowhead in bronze (drawing) Tr. South, depth: 1 m 70 East end of trench, to the East of a North-South wall No. 222

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

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