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 26 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 24Scan 26 of 95

1 /2 /3 /4 /5 /6 /The uppermost earth layer was very tightly packed and mixed with stones fallen from the roof. This layer is c 40 cm. Immediately beneath this, another layer was exposed, more homogeneous and without stones. In this layer the first finds were made: a bronze ring (1) and a bronze piece (2) about midway in the tomb, and somewhat further in a stone bead (3). Somewhat further to the right of this, but at approximately the same level and without any demonstrable connection with anything else, a small earring of gold (4) was found, and further still to the right a small gold bead of Mycenaean type (5). Not far from this a second, similar earring of gold (6) was found, at a somewhat deeper level, however not on the tomb floor. Now some vessels begin to appear a little further in from the … continues

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