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 32 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 32 of 147

Continued from p. 29

Vouna 1… the earth becomes harder and clayey but continuing ash-grey. Here a couple of head-sized (or smaller) stones are found. At a depth of the skeleton of an animal (sheep or goat?) is suddenly found lying in situ together with on larger and smaller pieces of charcoal. The bones are well preserved and let themselves be easily cleared.

Βούρνα iI3; I7; I9Vouna3, 7 & 8Meanwhile squares I3-I9 are being excavated in levels. During the clearing between the levels the tops of a further three similar clay domes are found in squares I3, I7^x)/ and I9. On the inner edge of the one in I9 a is found

I9Terracotta headl: 5,0 cm2,9022

The earth on the outside of these (at least I7 and I9) is very hard and mixed with small river stones (τσακκίλια). Sherds are present though sparsely. What is all this? Four, probably many more, domes? of earth or clay still standing almost untouched among

x) 2,40 - 3,78.

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