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 63 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 35Scan 63 of 196

Pt 532: weight in steatite, with (drawing) hole for lead tare South trench, West part, in well, at 0 m 80 below rock slab 2 m 40 depth in relation to the surface. | no. 231

West trench, squares 21 to 27: Throughout the trench, serious disturbances in the deep layers due to the earlier excavations. Down to 1 m depth, the floors and the walls are are relatively in good condition, apart from some narrow spots broken up by the earlier excavations, with Recent Bronze sherds brought up But below 1 m / 1 m 50, the floors are almost nowhere preserved and the walls are very damaged. Where there were floors easy to identify, one meets only below disturbed earth with fallen stones and mixed sherds.

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

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