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 9 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 8Scan 9 of 196

Pt 427 (continued): with the cylinder, sherds of style Late Mycenaean or submycenaean of the end of the Late Bronze

Pt 438 (continued): at the same level as the previous objects, - a second bronze sickle of the same type as the previous one no. 196

Drawing: curved sickle-shaped object

no. 197 - a bronze ring

Drawing: ring

no. 199 - a sickle element in flint, with cutting edge denticulated and polished by use

Drawing: rectangular blade

Pt 390: (continued): the tomb is emptied Pottery still abundant down to the base.

Drawing: cross-section of a chamber

Numerous pottery beads Bone tool

Drawing: elongated curved tool with a slot at one end; labels: no. 281

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

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