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 41 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 39Scan 41 of 147

I2 Terra-cotta headl. 5,52,2553.

After the stone packing has been photographed, it is broken up. It lies at a level of c 1,65 - 1,70. The stones are approximately 10 cm. in diam and rest on a 20 - 25 cm thick layer of loose grey earth. The pottery in and under the stone packing is collected separately. This layer is not disturbed in recent times. Here a number of objects are found which thus can all be dated to the period of use of the cement floor: och efte

H2 Fragment of a bull's head14,51,9754 mk
I1 Bronze fragments; iron nail—2,0059
H1 Fragment of a female stone
statuel 15 cm2,0060 mk
Piece of bronzel 4,7 cm2,0561
Bronze coin ?l 1,3 cm2,0562
Pierced bronzepiecel 6,3 cm2,0563.

During the fine clearing of the wall in v was found:

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