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 58 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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747576 & 7778798081… c:a 95 where the earth layer has only a thickness of 0.20 - 0.30 m. A find from yesterday is still awaiting registration, namely a scarab of paste [69.5, base layer] In the transverse trench I was found at a depth of 0.60 m. a small flanged bronze- chisel, a fragment which possibly formed the foot of a bronze- statuette, and a silver ring diam 4.6 and a damaged flask-like pot. The earth is moreover rich in pottery and metal fragments, and the small finds lie thickly. A glass paste pendant for a necklace lies on the same level. From the sieving of the same earth there came further a bronze handle in the form of a snake. 3.25 in the surface layer lies a melon-ribbed bronze bowl, or rather the remains of one.

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