Notebook·34 CDF art. 128-8·1961

Excavation notebook of Henri de Contenson, sixth notebook, 1961H. de Contenson

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 13 of notebook 34 CDF art. 128-8 (Excavation notebook of Henri de Contenson, sixth notebook, 1961), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 128-8, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 6Scan 13 of 116

Pt 622 (cf. p. 2) fragment style of bone, (drawing) very thin -

+ 2 balls of baked clay, not inscribed (but prepared for inscription ?)

Pottery of Pt 622:

- numerous fragments of bichrome vases either decorated with metopes with figures of animals (birds or fish) (drawing) or decorated in the "Union Jack" type (drawing) arranged in a vertical band on either side of the handle

- lugs with blackish decoration (drawing)

- 2 fragments "milk bowl" early type (drawing)

- lugs of large bowls red on black with open spout

- lug likewise red on red

- mutilated head and leg of a large figurine of bull (drawing)

- fragments of bowls of "base ring" ware early type

- jugs with decoration black lid and handles of rectangular profile with cups or dark red

+ some lugs The group appears to be Middle Bronze III - Late Br I -

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

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