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 88 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 172Scan 88 of 95

House IIIIII AHouse III lies east of House II and is separate from it. The round house wall is somewhat damaged on the east side but otherwise it is well preserved. To the south a clear gateway opens. Within House III several strata can be distinguished. The uppermost layer extends from the level 0,10 - 0,40 and is in fact the only remnant of a separate house whose wall is found in a row of stones running obliquely across House III. 0,40 within bears the floor of the upper house and is marked by a thin black ash layer on a stamped earth level. Only a remnant of the original house is preserved. Here a few flint tools were found (3 nms.)

III BIII CLayer III B corresponds most closely to the lower level down to the 0,50 level, where a stratification in the earth can be observed. Possibly this level is a later raising of the actual floor of House III at the 0,60 level. The layer 0,50 – 0,60 is called III C. On this, stamped … continues

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