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 85 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 129Scan 85 of 95

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stone part)… cobblestones usually in pairs and in two levels. The wall is only preserved in the northeastern half. The rest, with the entrance, has been carried away by rainwater. The floor of House I is rather difficult to establish in the hard earth. However, at a level of c 1.40 a layer in the earth is found, which extends horizontally and proves to be the floor of House I. It thus consists only of firmly trampled earth. Approximately at the centre of the circular wall a round platform is found at a level slightly higher than the floor, diam c 1.00 m. laid of flat stones in more than two three two layers (the one upper lacks bonded by hard red clay. As no charcoal or burnt objects are found in connection with the platform, this is assumed to have formed a support for a central post which carried the roof. This assumption is confirmed a few days later when the clay has dried. In the middle of this there appears namely a lighter square where probably the post itself stood. The earth above the floor of House I is called House I A. The inner- … continues

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