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 69 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 34Scan 69 of 116

24/11/61Cleaning work with 2 workmen and 2 workwomen.

and 127 NORTH Sector 126: 0,40-1,00: Iron Age I:

bowls "wavy line" (M III C 2) (drawing) wish-bone handle late (drawing) (drawing) bowls with grooves and flat rim

steatite spindle whorl(drawing)fragment of crucible
with incised decorationin limestone: (drawing)

1,00-1,20: Beginning of Iron Age I:

bowls "wavy line" early (M III C 2 Early) carinated cups with horizontal handle, of the same form as in Late Bronze III, but with black decoration (drawing) and in greenish pottery

a conical spindle whorl in black stone (drawing) a biconical spindle whorl in green stone (drawing) a cylindrical spindle whorl in brown terracotta (drawing)

1,20-1,50: Late Bronze III

bowls pre-"wavy line" with simple garland (drawing)

bowls with two cream-coloured ends, brown decoration of associated spirals,

Drawing: decorative frieze with paired spirals flanking a cross-hatched lozenge

horizontal handles. (drawing)

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

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