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 53 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.

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… extend into the trench wall. These stones seem to form a significant boundary for the horizontal stratification in Α-Γ. In Δ the characteristic collapse stratification with strongly sloping streaks is recognised. The earth here is of a different consistency, looser, sandy, clearly separated from the clay earth in Α-Γ. Between Η and Θ the section trench must be bent, and here the layers are again horizontal. In Θ is found

at a depth of 2 m a stone head l ...8.

and in Ι av next to a collapse layer:

Sherd of a red figured vase with greek
inscription ΑΛΛΑΥΡΟΣ475.

In Δ the find is made of

Fragments of a terra cotta horse9

and immediately afterwards the pick strikes against the breast of a Greek kore statue. Hereby the beginning is made to the uncovering of the Bamboula statues.

Female votive statue 1,72 m -0,05 - +0,4510.

In the following all the levellings of the statues and other finds are referred … continues

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