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 126 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).

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… so good as unworked area. Recommendable

Kassia next to and east of Trachonas.

Roman necropolis with rich finds. Barely a 10-odd tombs have been opened.

Nychterovikla 1/4 eng. mil northeast of Oura.

Late-Cypriot necropolis. Some 15 tombs opened with good finds: cylinders, scarabees, Mycenaean pottery. The area is previously known. The site itself Nychterovikla is a Byzantine castle and the Mycenaean necropolis lies in the fields north of this.

Melisakres 3 eng. mil north of Rizokar-

passos. Temple site

Vokolomandris one English mile northeast of

Kapsalia. Necropolis from the Classical period

Pyrgos two gigantic marble statues

Katiforon Chelones. Necropolis with necropolis

with skaa red-polished pottery

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