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 13 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 14Scan 13 of 147

Continued from p. 13

6.… at the level of the long wall in Section I — and [illegible] beneath this layer another pottery-rich layer. So, as the figure shows:

Note! / change!marble slab — (drawing) — c. 4 cm

Drawing on the page
Drawing
Stratigraphic section showing 8 numbered horizontal layers
DrawingStratigraphic section showing 8 numbered horizontal layers

The same layer sequence, apart from layers 5-8, was observed at a couple or three other places beneath the marble floor with substantially the same measurements. — In Section I, Square 13-15 the same sterile layer appears, which, incidentally, lies lowest in the whole section and at roughly the same level as there. In square 15 two larger dislodged stones are established which, however, have no visible connection with other walls in the trench. One of them lies immediately below the surface layer and projects out of the trench's end wall to the east, the other lies … continues

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