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

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

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… not inconsiderably with classical. Also was found Roman glass and small bronze fragments At 0,70 m. depth a small arrowhead of bronze with triangular cross-section. Under the plough-loosened layer the earth was rather hard and clayey. No larger stones whatsoever were found, and the earth seems on the whole less promising from an archaeological point of view.

20/3Now the trench has been extended to c. 13 m. In the trench walls some indistinct horizontal levels, which faintly differ from one another by colour and varying richness of small stones. At 1,70 m. depth from the ground surface the work is stopped and an examination of the layers is undertaken. It becomes apparent that the clearly classical sherds are confined only to the uppermost half metre. Below this are found right down to the bottom of the trench (depth 1,70) sparse Roman and later sherds with possibly some Hellenistic. It is established that a further deep-excavation of the whole of this 13 m. long trench … continues

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