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 30 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 30 of 147

Table continued from p. 27

In square I3 the following finds are made immediately-I3
below the ploughed surface layer:
T. C. idolh. 12,0 cmI3 = 2,0818.
Jug.” h. 6,5 "= 2,0219.
Scarab (blue paste)l 1,5 "= 2,0820.

Now, however, something else catches

the interest! Previously a redΛ1 βούρνα

history at the section line on the boundary between Κ1 and Λ1. This is now being investigated. It turns out that in the earth one can make out a dome-shaped layering of a red material, evidently unburnt pottery, but nevertheless

something that is reminiscent of it. On the out-Vourna!

side the surrounding earth layers end quite naturally against this hard reddish-brown clay wall while inside the dome the earth is greyish very finely distributed and loose. The stratification is entirely different from outside! It turns out difficult to with precision determine the outer contour of the dome … continues

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