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 69 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 69 of 135

Now to describe Cross-trench I. Together with it Cross-trench IV is described, which is a continuation in a southerly direction of Cross-trench I, and how it forms an angle with this in the Large section: it was namely necessary to place it somewhat more toward the east, since otherwise one would have had to carry out an "air excavation" on the edge of the acropolis.

So: three layers can be distinguished: a classical-archaic an archaic-geometric and a Mycenaean. These layers correspond with the layers in the Great Section, which I have through a careful examination of the sherds in the section-canvas convinced myself of. To the classical layer … continues

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