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 131 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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The level at which the previously mentioned coin hoard was found corresponds in this section to the boundary between 4) and 5). If this depression 1 was a tomb, which seems hardly likely, considering the indistinct depth and the described earth layers, which layers' character, one must of course assume it was destroyed in connection with other buildings in the vicinity. Furthermore, one searches in vain for a dromos or anything suggesting a gateway. The accumulation of pottery, as described earlier, lies just south and partly in about this depression 1 and probably does not belong together with this structure. Also in connection with the pottery, a number of fragments of terracotta statuettes were found. All of this belongs, to judge by everything, together with the tomb which immediately adjoins to the south. A extensive clearing is currently in progress here.

29/3The fill in the tomb, which below is called Soli tomb 101, consists of a peculiar dust-mixed rock gravel- … continues

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