Field diary·DII:2a·1927–1928

Soli, the theatreAlfred Westholm

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

Scan 105 of field diary DII:2a (Soli, the theatre), handwritten in Swedish, with drawings. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:2a, Public domain (CC0).

Page 123Scan 105 of 147

Continued from scan 104

… is 0,33 m and it turns out to stand approximately in the middle on a 0,75 m broad wall of smaller, slightly worked-stones, which extend in both directions directly under the upper ashlar wall but separated from this by an earth layer approximately corresponding to the height of the base. (c. 0,18 m). The trench is dug deeper still. The 0,75 m broad wall is c. 0,20 m from the upper edge faced with ashlar-cut slabs of various sizes (one of them has previously been used in another building). These slabs rest immediately on a horizontal stone floor laid of fist-sized beach pebbles An approximate cross-section thus looks like this:

Schematic cross-section showing ground line, ashlar block on column base, rubble wall, slab, and pebble floor
DrawingSchematic cross-section showing ground line, ashlar block on column base, rubble wall, slab, and pebble floor

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