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

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

Unnumbered pageScan 126 of 147

26/3In the trial trench east of the theatre the trench is further ex- panded in its southern part. In doing so an st accumulation of pottery (sherds) is uncovered near the coin-hoard and at the same level as it. The pottery accumulation contains geometric — Roman sherds, also parts of a classical bowl. On further expansion a wall is found resting on another, broader wall, running eastward. These walls extend considerably in depth right through a fill of rock debris. The wall is followed in depth and to the east.

27/3In the northern and middle parts of the trench the trench is completed and the rock is scraped over this part, at a depth of approx. 1.80 m. In the rock some insignificant unevenness is observed, probably cuttings by human hand. The stratigraphy is however strongly varying and noteworthy. A section through … continues

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