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

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

Unnumbered pageScan 31 of 135

Continued from p. 29

… these run eastward a small boulder-wall [wall 2]. Along this wall the bottom stratum is strongly char-mixed.

24/5A real fire layer is found in cross-trench 1 at a depth of 0.60 and at a distance of 2.70 m. from the western corner of the statue base [This point is henceforth called fix 1.] Its thickness is 7 cm. and it continues to the left into the trench wall To save time and money a larger number of trial pits are dug in the extensions of the trenches. In addition a new cross-trench is laid out further west so that the area takes on the appearance of the adjacent sketch.

Plan of trenches, test pits and walls with a north arrow
DrawingPlan of trenches, test pits and walls with a north arrow

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