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Field diary·DII:1e·1929

Nitovikla, Ayia Irini, Enkomi and other find listsErik Sjöqvist

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Handwritten in Swedish. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 178 of field diary DII:1e (Nitovikla, Ayia Irini, Enkomi and other find lists), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:1e, Public domain (CC0).

Unnumbered pageScan 178 of 179

Table continued from scan 177

sat kaţswhat is the time
sat onbiro'clock 11
üts jürmi peş var3 minus 25
mer habajasou (to one person)
selam aleikümjasas (covert question
about greeting)
answer: aleiküm selam
kaţshow many
kim dirwho is it } note vowel harmony
bou dourit is he } repairs
jagmurrain
püjüntoday
boujün
jarintomorrow
dünyesterday

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