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 84 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 84 of 147

Continued from p. 89

… the pottery is abundant. Here also two vessels are found at different depths

Plain juglevelled 1,50 - 1,60 m.562
Painted jug” levelled 2,70 - 2,80 "563

The latter lay immediately above a green clay layer (see section). At a depth of c. 2,50 avv. was also found

10 beads of pastel. c 0,8 cm564.

funnily enough together with a White Slip sherd from L. C. II. As far as architecture is concerned, within the excavated area another building level has been brought to light beneath the Agia Paraskevi wall, at a level of c 2,50 - 2,80 avv. Beneath this building level no walls are found, but the rock is first scraped at a depth of c 4 m. Within the excavated area three distinct building periods can thus be distinguished, which are now described :

1. The cult room with the statue floor at a level of 1,05 - 1,10 (levelled). To this period belong the lower and upper wall remains. … continues

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