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 31 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 15Scan 31 of 116

Section 126 (cf p. 12) : new floor at 1 m 60, below layer of burnt earth and sherds. Below the floor, brown earth with few sherds.

Squares 115, 116, 117: excavation finished. Cleaning in progress.

Pt 667 square 127, depth: 1 m 80: sump, into which lead two channels of terracotta, one coming from the south, the other coming from the north. These two pipes disappear under east-west walls and their continuations are not yet visible

Drawing: plan of a circular sump with two pipes leading into it between hatched walls, with north arrow; labels: murs; mur; N

Square 129, West in the white floor from 1,65 to 1,75 no sherds. Below, the rock.

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

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