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 86 of field diary DII:2a (Soli, the theatre), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:2a, Public domain (CC0).

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On the western wing, between the enclosure-walls the earth is hacked out, which is then carried across to the eastern necropoleis. So that this can take place, a trench is opened from the enclosure-walls' trench, approx. at the middle of the theatre, a trench 1,50 m wide out to the necropoleis. Only in this way was the transport of earth in this direction made possible. Even with the made levels above the enclosure walls made difficult the work.

23/11The work at the enclosure walls continues over several days, as does the work north of the western eisodos. At the eastern eisodos the rock immediately north of the cladding- wall is being scraped; the work proceeds northwards. Substr.- wall I is further clarified. The wall lies, as previously described, at the very edge of a rock ledge. For the time being be- … continues

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