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 86 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 120Scan 86 of 95

Continued from p. 129

… holds, besides much poorly fired pottery, a large quantity of flint implements, of which 36 were numbered in situ, and also two stone pestles. The floor has in the south-western parts been destroyed together with the wall. The earth floor is being hacked through. The earth immediately below the floor level is designated House I B. Here too numerous flint implements are found, and a flint grinder. The earth has roughly the same character as above the floor.

House IIII AHouse II is of the same character as House I, but better preserved. The round wall runs without interruption but opens towards the south-west in a clear gateway beside the wall of House I (see the plan). Also in House II a stamped earth floor is found at the level c 1,00, somewhat lower in the vicinity of the gateway. In the middle a support similar to that in House I is found (level 0,92). On the floor are further oblong stones laid in rows so that they form partitions like cells inside the house. Perhaps they have been storage- … continues

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