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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 34 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 34 of 147

Continued from p. 31

… of 2,75

I7 βοῦρναT. C. frogl 6,5 cm2,7525.

It is evident that these finds came with the dark topmost earth that had rained into the βουρvorna. It would presumably correspond to the present surface layer or to a layer (archaic–classical) that had lain even higher but has now washed away.

In the cross trench a number of other finds were made:

I5Miniature jugh 5,0 cm2,4526
I4— ” — ” — Miniature jugh 5,5 cm2,2027
I2Terra cotta idol (like Milles "Solsångaren" and
Johannes Kolmodin in Constantinople)h 15 cm2,1028
I2Terra cotta idol.l 10,3 cm2,1029
I2— ” — ” — Terra cotta idol.l 7,5 cm2,1230
Also in I4 a βοῦρνα is foundβοῦρνα I4
Here some finds are made high up in the surface layer2,60–3,40
I4 βοῦρναTerra cotta idol (head missing)l 11,5 cm2,9331Vourna 4
— ” — I4 βοῦρναMiniature jugh 5,0 cm2,8532
— ” — I4 βοῦρναTerra cotta bird (small dove)h 4,2 cm2,9033

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