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 27 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 13Scan 27 of 116

Pt 646: sector 116, depth: 0,60 bronze chisel

Drawing: two views (top and side) of a chisel

Pt 647: sector 119: cavity cut into the rock down to 1m 60 depth, the table rocky being at 1m 1m 00, with abundant pottery, apparently Middle Bronze - diam: at least 1m 50 - may be more, for it overflows onto sector 118

Pt 634: tomb - Excavation of the skeleton completed the head, to the east, is very damaged as well as the bones; the body is extended on the back -

Sectors 118, 119 and 120: excavation completed; rock reached - Still to be done the cleaning of the walls.

Excavation resumed in sectors 115 and 116, continued in sector 117.

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

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