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 8 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.

Page 5Scan 8 of 147

Continued from scan 7

… sterile layers which were thought to form the base-rock in D1 at a depth of 1,50 m. Adjacent to the upper part and on the inside of the wall is found in the fokas-grey earth

Archaic stoneheadl 14 cmdepth 0,40-0,505.

The floor in square E1 is easy to make out. It

is followed and cleared over square E2 where the earthE2

largely already dug through (see sections) In square E2 were found, apart from a number of insignificant pieces, also some other finds, partly in the dug-through parts:

Stonehead l 8 cmdepth 0,0 - 0,108
Sitting male statue (temple boy) head missingl 20 cmdepth "9.
~~Stoneheadl 7~~
Bustpart of female stonestatuel 28 cmdepth 0,10-0,3012
Stone headl 8 cm14
— ” — Stone headl 5 cm15
The excavation is extended to E3, where earthE 3

the conditions are similar. However, at c 10 - 20 cm above the floor a c 5 cm thick layer is observed with very small pieces of the statue-stone. Otherwise nothing noteworthy.

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