Field diary·DII:2e·1929–1930

Ayios Phokas, Ayios Iakovos, Kition and AmathusAlfred Westholm

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

Scan 16 of field diary DII:2e (Ayios Phokas, Ayios Iakovos, Kition and Amathus), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:2e, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.

Page 12Scan 16 of 147

A couple of further extensions of the trench system described so far are shown in the drawings. About these there is nothing to write. The field seems hopeless. To be on the safe side, however, four three pits are opened in the south, outside the other trenches. They are named in the order just mentioned

Πατήρdj.
Υιόςdj.
Ἅγιον Πνεύμαdj.
Ἀμηνdj.

In these nothing unexpected emerged.

The excavation on the field of Agios Fokas is over. Andreas Exindavelonis received £ 2/15/- to restore the field to its original condition. The icons in the church were provided with skepasmata and also the kindly churchwarden Haralambos received a small gratuity. The night between 13/9 - 14/9 the Swedes slept for the last time under the flickering light of the candle lamps in Agios Fokas' church, and on 14/9 the Vouni section moved over to Mandres.

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