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 136 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 136 of 147

Continued from p. 153

… the walls. The layer sequence in this niche was remarkable. About 0,50 m above the floor the rock gravel was interrupted by a c 0,02 m thick layer of compacted remains of human bones. Towards the inside the layer sloped upwards. In this layer a few coin finds were made (see below). On the actual bottom of the niche nothing was found, nor did the rock gravel change its character here.

1/4Kyrenia

2/4Square D is excavated. This one too has evidently been vaulted over in the same way as the others. The same monotonous layer sequence down to the vault springers, where a pair of huge stone slabs is observed. They have, however, been displaced from their original position and set on edge in the southern part of the square. Immediately beneath this level there begins an arrangement of the same kind as in square A, only with the difference that the gypsum-lined room … continues

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