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 42 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 44Scan 42 of 147

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… preserved to 0,50 – 1 m. in height, and at least in the highest levels it has a faint character. Evidently it is only a stone revetment for the raised stage cut into the rock there inside. At the middle Slightly east of the middle of the wall a small stairway (2 steps) is exposed with ascent towards the east. The lowest step is entirely preserved and measures m. in breadth. The next step is fragmentary and (possibly de 2) the stones above it are completely broken away. The clearing of the wall is in progress.

At the enclosing walls the earth is removed above the inner one and between the two The clearing of the outer wall is postponed for the time being until the earth conditions there have been sorted out.

30/10Sunday. Kerynia.

31/10In the morning rain. In the afternoon only earth moving.

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