Ayios Phokas, Ayios Iakovos, Kition and AmathusAlfred Westholm

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… of the east wall, at right angles to the eastern gallery. At this point, however, almost immediately a well-dressed stone pillar is found standing in situ. This find and the unresolved conditions in the middle of the cult room mean that a new excavation tactic is decided upon. Across the whole of the Bamboula height a very large trench is laid out, corresponding to the whole width of the cult room. The excavation begins from the east, and the earth is for the time being deposited a short distance from the actual excavation site. Regarding the earth sections that are left standing and drawn, see drawings, photographs and plans. Little attention is given to the upper layers. Large lumps weighing several tons are sawn and dropped down with tremendous crashes. They contain Roman pottery but no walls. In these upper layers, during this work, a few insignificant finds are made which are not plotted on the plan: