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 19 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).

Page 18Scan 19 of 95

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… later damaged in its upper part. Of the remaining stones, on the right-hand side stands a 0,80 m high sten flat stone as a doorpost against the dromos wall, wedged in place by two further smaller stones set on edge. There is no counterpart on the left-hand side to this doorpost. The door packing itself consists of large flat slabs lying on one another in a horizontal position. They are stabilized with smaller wedge-stones. From the gateway one descends immediately into the oval shaft mentioned above for collecting rainwater. The tomb chamber gives the impression of being semicircular with the oval shaft as its centre point. The well-cut spherical vault of the roof also contributes to this impression, as do the two symmetrically arranged niches. The two corners that bound the wall on the opposite side of the door are only faintly marked, rounded and distinct only close to the floor. Higher up they are taken up in the … continues

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