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 47 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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No 344 ↓The floor on which the jug rests "bucchero" Pt 499 and the flask Pt 505, at 1m 25, represents a second floor of the Iron Age. A jar situated at the same level, not topographed immediately to the South of Pt 475 had an inscribed handle with a (drawing) preserved and attached to Pt 499. The flask is situated in sector 23 the boundary between 22 and 23 passing between the jug Pt 499 and the flask Pt 505.

In sector 23, at 1 m to the South of the flask Pt 505 and at the same level, a jar lying on its side also has a handle inscribed : (drawing) , preserved and attached to Pt 505 - No 345

The possibility that the group of pottery from Pts 499 and 505 is situated not on a lower floor but buried in a dug-out hearth belonging to the

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

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