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 45 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 42Scan 45 of 95

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65.666768… and roughly midway between these vessels, lying on the tomb floor itself (levelled height 0,78) a small stone cylinder in the form of a broken cone (65) What is the nature of the object? Likewise near the path a small bronze ring was recovered (66), and beside this, but at a lower level, was found a base-ring jug height (67). Further to the right, in connection with the skeletal remains, a small incised jug was prepared (height )(68). These skeletal remains are extremely affected by moisture and hardly possible to define. However, a few teeth and the remains of a skull can be distinguished beside the jug, which must of course be attributed to skeleton 1. However, not all the remains in this bone complex belong there. Somewhat further to the left lies namely a pelvic bone and some vertebrae; also the fragment of the left femur is recognisable. These bones, as well as the finger and hand bones, which are found into 68, must be considered to belong to another skeleton (skel 4.), which, like the others, has … continues

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