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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 92 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 92 of 147

Continued from p. 97

… the following:

North of Chamber I.

1. 0,90-1,20 m44 Pl ware, 3 common w., 2 Wh. p., 2 Bicr., 1 Bl. on red, 5 Bl rom
2. 1,20-1,40 "27 Pl ware, 3 com. w, 3 wh. p, 1 Bicr. w:
3. 1,40-2,00 "24 Pl w, 8 wh. p,
4. 2,00-2,30 "2 pith., 47 pl. w., 17 wh. p., 2 bicr., 1 bl. sl, 8 red sl., 3 Bl rom.
5. 2,30-2,50 "3 pith. 46 pl w. 3 wh. p. 2 bicr.
6. 2,50-2,65 "2 pith. 36 pl w. 7 wh. p. 2 red sl. 5 Bl on red.
7. 2,65-3,00 "6 pith. 30 pl w, 30 wh p(II), 3 bicr., 8 red sl. 2 bl on red 2 bl. sl.
8. 3,00-3,50 m1 pith 25 pl w. 26 wh p (II) 5 red sl. II
9. 3,50-4,00 m3 pith 34 pl w. 20 wh p (I-II) 1 submyc.

rock

The level at 2,00 is fairly clearly distinguishable as a dark hard band outside the trench wall, the square is dug deeper below the tschakilli floor and the sherds collected below this are all inside the wall.

The area "Öster om Kultrummet II" is extended to the south east with a square called "Öster om Kultrummet III". Here the level at 2,00 m is sharply marked by a c. 5 cm thick band of Paraskevi sand

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