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 41 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 38Scan 41 of 95

Continued from p. 37

4748495051… varat. The skull, however, is destroyed. Only a few smaller fragments of the skull remain, as well as the lower jaw. Probably the teeth and skull fragments belong to the skeleton that was found in the doorway trench this. The fragments have in that case fallen down before the sealing-up had begun. Somewhat to the left of the skeleton's knees a painted (Syrian) jug is taken out, height - - (47), and immediately below this, lying on the base, a - - - height - - - - (48) is exposed. Beside the head (skel 3) lies a hemispherical jug height - - - (49), and somewhat further in the tomb another hemispherical jug (50) is exposed. The skeleton (3), which lies directly on the tomb's floor, is prepared further for photographing photographing. In the doorway trench below the skeleton's head a bronze pin (51) was found on the base. On the right side just below … continues

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