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 71 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 71 of 135

Continued from p. 69

… tron. The buildings in the second and third layers, and partly also in the first layer, have been destroyed by fire, as the thick continuous burnt layers indicate. Counting from the top of the citadel rock, the building remains begin at 2 m. in Cross-trench IV, where a cross-wall limits the building complex in this direction. There the rock comes to the surface at a depth of 25 cm. Then it slopes relatively gently down to 9 m. where it drops steeply down to over 3 m. depth. Then it rises toward the north scarp. There, however, it cannot yet be laid bare, owing to the sensitivity of the walls

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