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 57 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 54Scan 57 of 95

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3848 brons… knife (length 20 cm) 38. The boundary of the stone bench against square C is marked. The floor is swept and cleared and the excavation is deepened in the part of square A that lies outside the stone-bench (nearest C). When the floor (on the stone bench) was cleared, a small insignificant niche came to light, similar to the one previously found in square E. F. (niche 1) The new niche in A (niche 2) possibly stands in connection with another tomb in the vicinity. The niches are filled with a loose sandy earth (chavara) without pottery. Herewith square A is The new stone bench in A differs from the one in C E F in that it is not lined with edge-set slabs with binders lying above them. It may be a question whether this was ever the case, as no traces of such slabs in A could be found.

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