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 67 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 33Scan 67 of 116

from an old excavation: a biconical incised spindle whorl Middle Bronze: (drawing) fragment of an ivory spindle whorl: (drawing)

1,00-1,20: Late Bronze III

cups with spiral painted in black or red on the base - red-decorated cup (drawing) (drawing) (drawing) pyramidal terracotta loom weight 1 basalt pestle

1,20-1,50: Late Bronze II

evolved "milk bowl"; "base ring" ware, lamp (drawing) Mycenaean sherds with lustrous decoration = red bands rim of a goblet with fluted decoration fragments of Mycenaean vessels

Drawing: rim profile with horizontal lines] (drawing) [sketch: vertical profile and surface decoration with bands of diagonal hatches and wavy line

1,50 à 2,50: Middle Bronze III

bichrome sherds, with "Union Jack" - "red on black" (cups and jugs) - black-slipped pottery - small jug with linear decoration (drawing) - cup (drawing) handles with cupules (drawing) - 2 terracotta discs - fragments of an elbow tuyère (drawing) miscellaneous: (drawing) (drawing) large perforated sherds -

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

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