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 47 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 23Scan 47 of 116

Against the east wall of the trench, a hole filled with sherds of a large jar

Drawing: hatched pit in section, two fitted pipe segments below it, and one single pipe segment below

the soakaway to the west, noted p. 21, could therefore not serve as an outlet for this channel - Length of each element: 52 cms Diam. at the west end, narrowed for jointing: 11 cms 5 Diam. body of each element and east end: 14 cms (diameter calculated on the outside). Thickness of the wall: 1 cm.

Sector 99: Ptt 611: at 0,75 below the level of the channel, the well changes plan instead of a square of 0 m 75 on a side, it becomes circular with a diameter of 0 m 50 - The west wall of the soakaway uses in its lower part the wall of large blocks of Late Bronze - Excavation stopped at 1 m 50 below the level of the channel - New narrowing at 1 m 25 below the channel -

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

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