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 33 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 16Scan 33 of 116

18/11/61 Square 129, east part: excavation resumed beyond of 1m25-

In the north part of the trench, opening of a third slice: squares 140 141 142, and 143 and 144 -

Pt 672 : secteur 127, angle partie nord, 1,50 : in the south-east corner of the room most of which lies in 126 painted pottery Late Bronze III, accumulated between and under fallen stones [illegible] At the same level, several charcoal - In the rest of the trench, one had noted between 1,30 and 1,50, a destruction layer resting on sherds and a white floor at 1,50 (cf p. 12). Under Pt 672, at 1m70, fragment of channel, probably continuation of Pt 667 and opening of a sump, in which one finds still the same Late Bronze III pottery -

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

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