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 90 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 133Scan 90 of 95

Continued from p. 172

II B… roll. Where the wall is difficult to establish seems is however the floor edge, clear everywhere, marks the extent of the house. The platform for the central post is missing on the upper floor of House II. On the other hand, two clear post holes sunk into the floor are found, filled with dark earth from the layer above the floor. Thanks to the black and red colours the post holes are in reality clearer than the photographs show, despite the fact that they were taken with pancromatic plates with a strong filter. The finds that are found in the earth above the floor are of course difficult to distinguish from those that occur in the floor of House I (I B). They are for the most part flint implements. This floor is broken through. 1,65-1,70. At the level 1,90 a second floor is then found, which has exactly the same extent. Over the whole floor lies a thin layer of charcoal and ash. This new floor 1,90 is of roughly the same nature as the upper one. Its post supports are found somewhat west of the centre of the hut in the form of a … continues

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