Field diary·DII:2b·1928

Milia, Soli and KythreaAlfred Westholm

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Handwritten in Swedish. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 10 of field diary DII:2b (Milia, Soli and Kythrea), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

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

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… bronze sword (nr 44). All of this was taken up by the workmen at the foreman's request The excavation is continued on the right part of the tomb, whereby in the middle axis of the tomb an earth section was left standing. The uppermost disturbed earth layers on the right side were removed and the vessels which were found here were taken up. These were nos: 3; 23 ; 13 ; 17 ; 27 ; 4 ; 26 ; 6 ; 14 ; 1 7 ; 29 ; 21 ; 15 ; 9 ; 12 ; 10 ; 2 ; 5 ; 11 24 ; 28 ; 19 ; 14 ; 44 — Beneath this looser layer mixed with numerous sherds, a firmer layer of grey clay was distinguished, which was excavated from inside and in the direction of the gateway. In doing so, a number of vessels were exposed on the bottom of the tomb, most of them grouped along the wall, among them nos. 30 40 ; 48 ; 16 ; 32 ; 35 ; 18 ; 37 which all lay in the vicinity of the wall C. 1 m from this a stone setting was glimpsed, which seemed to run in the tomb's diagonal direction. On the right side of this … continues

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