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

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

Page 19Scan 21 of 147

Continued from scan 20

… 2,90 is found in both squares Ι1 - Κ1 an interruption in the pottery-rich, hard grey earth. From here downward to a still unknown depth (see further on) the sherds lie more sparsely in greenish-grey, finely distributed sand. This for the time being concerning the level excavation in Ι1 - Κ1. Regarding the architecture in these squares see description of the whole section trench.

Ε1In Α1 - Γ1 the rock is found immediately below the surface layer. The rock dips, however, in Δ1 to a depth of ⟦sic⟧ . The earth there is very light and poor in pottery. Where the rock is found, however, nearest Ε1 there is a darker layer with pottery. A cobble wall separates Δ1 and Ε1. The wall runs from the surface down to a dark brown c 10 cm thick earth layer, probably an old trample surface, at a depth of 2,25 m There are, however, above this a couple of noteworthy stratifications in the earth. At c 2,00 m. the pick strikes a hard packed stone setting with an irregular upper surface. This is taken as the boundary between two pottery

Drawing on the page
Drawing

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