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 23 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 11Scan 23 of 116

Sector 126: floor of burnt earth at 1 m 50, third floor from the surface -

Cleaning of the rock in sector 96 . Pt 644: sector 96, depth 1 m 40, in earth reddish [illegible] 5 cms above the rock large fragment of human mask in terracotta, set against the corner of a wall north-south. Figure with curly hair and bearded - (drawing) Fine green pottery, with parts beardless parts painted in red wine-lees - Hair system covered with a black substance Several finds are connected with this mask earlier: 1°/ the human nose Pt 587, found in sector 96 at a short distance, at a depth of 1 m 00 2°/ a sherd with modelled decoration representing a part of the hair and right eye, found in 95 at a depth of 1,00 3°/ the sherd with incised circles found in 95 between 1,30 and 1,50 and which is a part of the beard.

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

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