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 30 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 32Scan 30 of 147

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… to the south; next to a wall corner which soon was found the fragment of an archaic terracotta idol. Then during Sunday a great deal of rain gathered in the trench on Ter III extended work was interrupted there and the trench was extended downward in the same direction over Ter IV. Under the black surface layer the same pottery-free fill layer consisting of crushed rock mass, as in the lower part of Ter III. This layer is cut through also on Ter IV. The earth is thrown up for now on both sides. The section is extended this day c. 20 m on Ter IV.

18/10The work in the theatre continues. By midday the trench is 2 m. deep and the number of steps is 10. The earth heaps are carted away with wheelbarrows and the problem of earth removal is provisionally solved. Straight wheelbarrow runs are laid from the trench (the trial section) right down towards the scene terrace, where the earth is tipped onto long steeply inclined planks. Larger stones are set aside separately. Through the arrangement with … continues

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