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 27 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 25Scan 27 of 147

The squares Π – Ω are of little value. Here the rock comes into view at an insignificant depth. The slope falls steeply down towards the slope the river. The excavation in the squares below Λ gradually peters out towards the rock at the depth just indicated (see also the section!) The workmen are transferred to a cross trench 4 m broad, corresponding and at right angles to the previous one, towards the south, at squares Θ1 and Ι1. The squares of the new trench are named thus Θ2 – Ι2 etc. The depth is still determined with the levelling instrument. The uppermost layers in these squares are =

Ruta Ι2

layer 1 = 1,70 – 1,90
” layer 2 = 1,90 – 2,10
” layer 3 = 2,10 – 2,30
” layer 4 = 2,30 – 2,40
” layer 5 = 2,4 – 2,60
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65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain