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 125 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 125 of 135

L. C. The following sherds: Syrian pottery, whiteslip in two colours, Mycenaean stirrup jugs, base-ring. Unworked cemetery. Recommended Kiourka. 1 Eng. mile south-east of Gallinoporni on the road to Trachonas. Hellenistic settlement (Ptolemaic coins) and necropolis. Also Roman mosaics.

Paleoskoutella an extensive necropolis-area halfway between Gallinoporni and Korovia. The sherds are: Blackslip, whiteslip, base-ring and geometric. The tomb field dates from late M.C. down to geometric times. A small number of tombs opened.

Mesovouni along the coast close by, and west of Trachonas. Hellenistic-Roman necropolis, almost entirely unworked.

Trachonas 1 ½ eng mil southeast of Gallinoporni along the coast. Late Cypriot necropolis with the following sherds. Blackslip, base-ring, white-slip in two colours, Mycenaean ware (stirrup jugs, Rhodian narrow amphorae) and Syrian pottery. Large and … continues

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