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 67 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 69Scan 67 of 147

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… earth. The earth is removed and the stones are investigated in situ. Circumstances seem to indicate that here two walls extend from the inner enclosure wall down towards the middle of the orchestra. The area between these walls is cleared. Therefore the walls stand out very clearly. The inner enclosure wall is solid very well built on of small wedged stones in the same manner as around the whole theatre elsewhere and extends down to the rock, which is scraped to - - - - ms depth. Of exactly the same character are the two radial walls down toward the orchestra. They are interrupted already after - - - m by a wall which, between the two walls extends parallel to the inner enclosure wall and at the indicated distance from it. This inner parallel wall also rests on the rock. The same condition seems to prevail on the side of the inner parallel radial wall where- … continues

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