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 60 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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and has later been filled with sloping collapse layers. In establishing this, one of the horizontal levels is especially important, a layer consisting of a fairly hard, cement-like layer, which is quite clear in the inner facade, especially at the south-west corner. From the facade this layer can then be followed in the direction of the section towards the south for approximately m. Conditions are similar with another layer of water-washed stones immediately beneath the upper cement slabs. This is thus established for the south wall of the room. The same proves to be the case with the west wall, where the same cement layer is also found. The south-west corner is quite clear. The statues mentioned all lie within this and mark further its sharp lines. In the northern parts of the west wall the boundaries are considerably more difficult to distinguish, because the wall here has been destroyed in the upper parts. Through an extremely careful investigation, however, the northwest corner is also determined at 12,60 m. That some statues are found further north than this boundary (373-374) … continues

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