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 81 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 81 of 135

Continued from p. 79

… toward the edges The layer was not horizontal. See drawing Smaller bone remains were in the ash. In a number of vessels large quantities of metal parts and clay had entered. Small pieces lay scattered over the whole area especially at No 233 – No 240 (see drawing) and around No 238, 240, 244, 245. The deposit continues in squares E3 and E4.

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By the wall that runs along β two vessels were found, whose positions in plan and section are shown in the drawing. In the bottom of both vessels a ca 25 cm thick ash and charcoal layer was found. No bone remains could be traced in the vessels. On the other hand there were such scattered in front of the vessels in a layer whose thickness was approx. 20 cm

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