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 57 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 59Scan 57 of 147

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… lay thus in also here on the surface as at the corresponding spot in the western eisodos. Any continuation of the outer enclosure wall could e-meanwhile not at the present standpoint of the excavation be established, nor any fö attachment for an eisodos superstructure on the outer side (toward the north). Such things may however be concealed under the earth layers that are present here. For the time being, however, only preparations for the forthcoming excavation have been undertaken.

8/11At the outer enclosure wall was found a by the eastern eisodos was found a dm-large fragment of a marble statuette, a man with beard and curly hair, which clearly was once placed as an atlas or similar, as is indicated by a peg in the head. In order to obtain knowledge of the stratigraphy in the earth, and whether walls are present on the outer side of the eisodos, a cross trench 1 m wide is taken out opposite the inner enclosure wall. Possibly its continuation continued. could be found on the other side of the eisodos … continues

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