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 4 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 3Scan 4 of 95

Continued from p. 2

… it was moved to a field southwest of the original one. Here too a couple of round well-like holes were found in the rock, which were likewise only established. Also in the surrounding terrain a number of plundered dromos openings were observed in the rock. The investigation was extended to a low rock plateau c. 150 m west of the mentioned investigation trial trench. Here too the villagers have opened a few tombs. In the earth next to one of these a pair of sherds of Mycenaean stirrup jars was found, why the search here is continued. Within a short time a well-like opening in the rock was found here as well, like the preceding ones, of about one metre diam. Before the work was broken off for the day there were 5 such more or less round, vertical holes established, all with only a few sp metres between them. Evidently this was a cave-tomb necropolis of about the same type as the one at Enkomi. The first discovered hole was dug deeper. At c. 1 metre … continues

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