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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 76 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 78Scan 76 of 147

Continued from p. 77

… however clearly differed from the part that had once been occupied by the cladding walls. The layer sequence on the so-called earth terrace at a favourable spot was as follows:

C. 0,50 m disturbed surface layer removed.

1 -0,25Loose brown earth with mixed pott.
20,35Layer with finely distributed gypsum debris
30,65Loose brown earth with mixed pottery
40,70Lighter earth or sand
50,85Loose brown earth
60,87Earth with dense embedded gypsum grains
70,90Black finely distributed earth
80,95Sand with embedded gypsum grains
90,97Coarser sand
101,05Dark coarse-grained earth
111,15Light earth with walnut-sized stones
121,25Homogeneous grey earth.
131,35Hard gypsum layer
14— —The rock.

The sequence of layers at substructure wall III

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