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 36 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 38Scan 36 of 147

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… even floor. The rock was cleared and constated up there as well as on the lower side of the terrace, where it also came to light quite shallowly. - The earth heaps below the scene terrace keep growing. 14 wheelbarrows carry the earth from the cavea to 5 dumping places. on In order to investigate the earth conditions below there, where the earth is dumped, a trench is opened in the vicinity of the lowest part of the earth heaps, roughly parallel with the scene, called called "trial trench below the scene terrace". A few stones pointed here to the presence of walls. Already in the surface layer a floor emerged here, cut and laid of built cobblestones. The floor level was followed in both directions. A number of fragments of Roman terra sigillata were noticed here, besides a fine casting mould of pottery. Since the preserved part of the scene in the theatre seems mainly to consist of the walls indicated above, as well as … continues

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