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 42 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 42 of 147

The cement floor (1) has been cleared. It becomes apparent that in the northern part it has been hacked away. Its original limit cannot be determined, since the north wall has also been destroyed. The cement floor itself is laid resting on hand-sized cobbles. Around the walls runs a cement skirting, which upward overmerges into the cement facing of the walls on the inside. Two things attract attention when one looks at the room, which has now been exposed. A cross wall (see drawing) perhaps stands in connection with the stone setting that was removed above the floor. It does not run at right angles to the other walls 2,0 m inside the west wall it ends without more ado. In the vicinity of the southwest wall, immediately inside, is the wall-offering no. 17. A detached wall-projection also lies on the cement floor. Probably it belongs to this room, however, as it

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