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 85 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 91Scan 85 of 147

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… and further the sunken central pit with its finds.

2. The nearest lower layer can t<s>/be distinguished at a depth of 2,00 below datum. The levelling figures of the plan show that the upper surface of the Paraskevi wall ends at this level. But that is not all! West of the altar a huge statue base has been found, which clearly stands in situ. The base bears a bare foot (the other is destroyed), and it has evidently once carried a Herakles statue of over-natural size:

560.Hadji-Herakles l 75 cm. 2,00-2,33

Furthermore it is noted that the lower level of the altar lies only slightly below 2,00 avv, and it seems somewhat subsided. In addition, in the north-east corner of the cult room, remains of a destroyed marble floor are found, a few large thin marble slabs lying horizontally at the level 1,98 avv. och … continues

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