Field diary·DII:1c·1928

Oura, Trachonas and Idalion

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Handwritten in Swedish. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 106 of field diary DII:1c (Oura, Trachonas and Idalion), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:1c, Public domain (CC0).

Unnumbered pageScan 106 of 135

16/7- 18/7 The following points may be useful to note. During the three days in which I have handled the excavation the following has occurred.

Drawings and earth sections have been collated, whereby special attention was given to the section on the boundary between the strings H and Θ. This section had namely been used as an auxiliary section to patch together the long section between square series Θ and I, which is why some deficiencies in the agreement between drawing and section have arisen. I did it in such a way that, where the original section had not been used, the section line was broken: i.e. from square 4 and upward in the numerical order, which would thus constitute the section between H and Θ. As, however, the layers had sunk somewhat from I to H, this was reconciled on the drawing.

The stratigraphy is marked in the earth walls with numbered pegs in order to und- … continues

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