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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 83 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 89Scan 83 of 147

The cult room south (a square in the middle of the southern long wall)

1. 1,10-2,00 floor? 90 Pl w., 14 wh p. 3 bl. rom.
2. 2,00-2,80 Kruksamlingsgolv 2 pith 42 pl. w. 18 wh. p. 10 bl on red. 1 bl. sl.
3. 2,80-3,00 floor fill. 4 pith 55 pl wh 70 wh p. 1 bicr 4 bl. on red 8 r sl., 1 L C, 1 L H.
4. 3,00-3,50, 7 pith, 35 pl w, 75 wh p, 1 bicr, 4 bl on red, 2 bl sl, 2 L C, 1 L H.
5. 3,50-4,00 17 pith 20 pl w. 3 wh p. 1 bl sl.

Rock reached.

The cult room's northeast corner.

1. 1,10-2,00 m 60 Pl.w., 7 wh. p. 3 bicr. 4 bl on red 5 bl rom.
2 2,00-2,65 ~ 3 pith. 100 pl.w. 40 wh. p. 2 bicr. 12 Red sl. 13 bl. on red

In general it can be said that the pottery is very sparse, especially in the upper layers closest to the chabo floor, where the earth is very finely distributed and sandy, green in colour. Only in the deeper layers in the north-west corner … continues

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