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

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

Page 31Scan 29 of 147

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… a terrace was set into the terrain, a solid built wall of irregular stones c. m broad. The trench extended further in the same direction downwards but without any walls being found. Immediately below this large wall which of course should be understood as the city wall was found 2 (?) arrowheads of bronze. Above the wall in the same trench the wall was cut by a number of smaller (house) walls which broadly seemed to form a right-angled system. This complex of walls was terminated upwards by a wall running across the trench c. m broad. Above this the rock was scraped without any wall being exposed right up to c. 2 m from Section I on the top-terrace.

16/10Sunday Kerynia

17/10There were found sunk into the rock and with their upper faces level with it a row of heavy ashlar blocks of grey, light limestone . The pottery around them of Geometric-Archaic. The very carefully laid wall is followed … continues

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