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 7 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).

Page 5Scan 7 of 135

Continued from scan 6

… sat. The thicker part of the layer has however, in so far as it is shown in the section, a hemicyclic shape.

From the 4th to the 6th profile metre where we went down to c. 2.50 m. depth, the last 0.75 m. are sterile sand layer, evidently old sea floor. The excavation is halted here until further notice.

The section is extended 9-11 metres to the north and we get the squares A9:1 etc. Before that the section is drawn and the following stratification is recorded

1.Worked surface earth

2.Unworked clay earth.

3.Floor stratum

4.Clay layer }

5.Ash layer } Burnt layer

6.Clay layer }

7.Stone-mixed sandy earth. 8 Sand.

The burnt layer consists of an ash layer enclosed in clay earth

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