Field diary·DII:2d·1930

Soli, Cholades, and MersinakiAlfred Westholm

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Handwritten in Swedish. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 45 of field diary DII:2d (Soli, Cholades, and Mersinaki), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:2d, Public domain (CC0).

Unnumbered pageScan 45 of 66

Continued from scan 44

Room 3.… the collapsed wall tops in room 1. The cobble layer rests on a c. 20 cm thick sandy clay layer. At furthermore attempts at deep digging the pick strikes everywhere on river stones which seem to lie in a horizontal level. The spot in front of the entrances is carefully cleared, thereby a clear horizontal wall top becomes visible parallel to wall (1-2)-3 and only 0,50 m. from it. The wall gives the impression of belonging to an older building which in its upper parts has been destroyed and levelled to the level which is now marked by the wall top in question and the "floor" of river stones that was found. The area between the new wall and wall (1-2)-3 is called room 3. The "floor" is broken through for deeper digging. In doing so is found … continues

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