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 123 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 123 of 135

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… het pottery lying on the surface. At the shore the locality is called Kylades.

Kountoura Trachonia lies along the ha-vet about 1 1/2 eng. east of Oura, inside the low-growing shore forest. It is a geometric necropolis of relatively late date, with exceptionally beautiful sherds (red bucchero, bird vases etc.) About ten tombs have been opened. Good site for excavation Elisi 1 eng. mile from Korovia, west out on the road to Aijos Simion, likewise a geometric necropolis from the same period as Kountoura Trachonia. Aijos Sergios, 1 1/2 English miles south-east of the village of Neta, is a Roman and Byzantine settlement site. Beside a ravine there are a couple of cisterns and cut water channels. A Byzantine chapel with destroyed frescoes.

Neta or Mersinaka. Mersinaka lies all-quite on the outskirts of the village of Neta and is a temple site from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period … continues

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