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 91 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 124Scan 91 of 95

Continued from p. 133

… round raised structure of the floor's red hard-fired clay. It is thus not built of stone. Its level reaches up to the upper floor at 1,70. The finds in IV B differ considerably from the upper layers. The flint has decreased at most considerably. Instead, masses of stone objects such as grinders, pestles and axes etc. are found (see the statistics). The pottery also gives, at first sight, the impression of being a different kind, considerably better fired. Some vessels lie in situ crushed against the floor.

IV CThis floor at 1,90 is cut through. In the earth beneath this only two flint implements are found further a well-preserved steatite idol, insignificantly with pottery. The Kovvos rock is found at c 2,00 - 2,20 m.

House VHus V lies south of house IV, and separate from this. Its round wall is reminiscent of IV's, but it resembles Houses I, II and III in other respects. Thus a stamped earth floor is found at a depth of 1,80, and in the centre a built post support. The wall is washed away in the south-west together with … continues

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