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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 55 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 31Scan 55 of 196

30 SeptemberPt 516 : tuyère in baked clay (drawing) Tr. Ouest, secteur 21 2 m 10 deep The neighbouring pottery is mixed owing to the proximity of an old excavation.

To the E. of Pt 507, old excavation with fragments of stirrup vase -

Tr. Ouest, secteur 22

Drawing: perspective drawing of walls, floors and a feature on a block; labels: Wall; Floor at 0 m 75; Pierre; Pt 475; Wall; Floor at 1 m 25

To the S. of Pt 475, under the jar which lay at the level of Pts 499 and 505, bed of stones, of horizontal sherds which seems indeed to constitute a floor at 1 m 25.

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

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