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 39 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 23Scan 39 of 196

29 SeptemberWest trench, sector 22: to the East of the jar Pt 475, at 0 m 75 from it, a second coarse jar, lying on its side; to the South of these two jars, fragment of large pithos lying flat. The level of this fragment and of the base of the two jars gives the

Drawing: two jars, a sherd, and a cross-hatched wall segment; labels: Pt 475; Wall; East West

depth of the last of a Iron Age floor which is marked by a slight trace white at 0 m 75 below the surface.

Pt 493: tool handle in bone Tr. West, sector 23, by Depth: 1 m 00

Drawing: rounded object with a perforated top; labels: No. 225

Pt 475 is left in situ, which leaves a witness of the corresponding floor

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

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