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 33 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 30Scan 33 of 95

Continued from p. 29

… in the inner half of the tomb the lower part of a skeleton lying in dorsal position on the base of the tomb. The upper part (the ribcage and the head) extended into the left, unexcavated part. In the vicinity of the skeleton lay a number of Sub-Cypriot vessels (see drawing) possibly the bronzes that were previously found may also be connected with this burial.

Somewhat closer to the door but with basically the same orientation, another was found and cleared in the field, remains the badly destroyed remains of yet another skeleton (pelvic bones and thigh bones). The upper part was however completely missing. It is more than likely that the upper geometric layer also once had a skeleton (a) but that this up near the surface of the earth, where … continues

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