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 22 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 22 of 135

17/5At 1.00 m. depth broad hewn stones are found laid in a large foundation which runs in a north - south direction. In line with and on top of this lies the previously mentioned column base. It certainly appears to be a peripteros of a large temple. To find the possible cella-wall a trench is dug at right angles to the foundation.

Various fragments of the frieze are found: a helmeted head and a hand holding a weapon, both destroyed, and found in the immediate vicinity of yesterday's finds.

2.5 m east of the peripteros foundation a freestanding stair structure is found parallel to it. It appears to be a larger base or pedestal and has perhaps carried the altar or some statue. Its sides disappear into the section edge and are left for the time being to … continues

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