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 71 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 71 of 147

Östra gallerietWith these finds last mentioned, connection has been established upward with the gallery which, from the southeast corner, follows the east wall northward (the East Gallery). In this, the earth conditions are similar to those in the South Gallery. The edging of marble slabs continues here too, to a point c 3 m from the southeast corner. Here the wall also becomes very difficult to follow. It seems that the northern part of the east-wall has been destroyed in the same way as the north wall (perhaps in connection with the water-channel above). The red-brown-brown layer is found, however, nearest the floor, sloping in towards the centre of the room. Here the following is found:

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