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 20 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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… are looked at and interpreted. From these walls a spur runs north, c. 0,75 m broad. It disappears here into the trench wall. Here the following layer sequence is established:

1)0,15 m Black surface layer.

2)0,10 m Greenish gravel without pottery.

3)0,07 m Very hard reddish brick mass forming a floor broken through at this point, which rests on the aforementioned c. 0,75 m broad spur (this side)

4)0,35 m Pottery-bearing fill layer. (Note! somewhat end of this layer has not yet been reached but for practical reasons this depth level is maintained

f)Cross-wall f) (see previous sketch 17!) starts, as mentioned, at wall c), of the same character and on the same level, circa 0,85 m. broad. Already 1,05 m from c) it disappears in the same way as e) under a layer of roughly hewn stones, which lie immediately below the ground surface. The stones form an irregular kom-

plex in the following way:(drawing)Wall f) continues
in the same way as beforeout to the other
side of the stonesAt xx on the sketch

a well-cut stone of bluish marble was found provided with a deep incision on one of the flat sides.

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