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 52 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 52 of 147

Continued from p. 49

… layers. Such a trench is laid out on the north side of the remaining part of the ruin mound. The squares are numbered after the Greek alphabet starting in the south. Already in the surface layers a number of finds are made in various squares:

Bdepth 0,50 mBone-needle with profiled head l 8,1 cm1.
BsurfaceIron naill 15,4 cm2.
Bdepth 0,50 mLampl 6,0 cm3.
Adepth 0,70 mOpen lampl 7,54.
Γdepth 0,70 m” ” Open lampl 6,85.
Hdepth 0,50 mGlass balldiam 2,4 cm6.
Hdepth 0,50 mBronze coin” diam 1,5 cm7.

xIn squares A – Γ the sequence of layers shows a horizontal stratification beneath the disturbed surface layer, of c 0,50 m, which has collapsed down from the overhanging earth wall. The sherds are already at 1 m depth, evidently Greek, with numerous red-figured and black-glazed. Between square Γ and Δ is found, slightly below the surface, a row of stones, large marble slabs, which toward the east … continues

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