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 97 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 103Scan 97 of 147

On the other hand, further in under Bamboulan, in room 4, on the floor, a neatly made link bracelet.

Bronze braceletavv 1,00580

Some stray bronze coins from the earth in these parts above the floor are numbered

5 bronze coins589.

Now must be mentioned a for Professor Myres in Oxford very embarrassing story. It concerns namely a series of finds which were found in earth which originally was thrown up from his excavations near Bamboulan. The finds lie in a layer so loose that one can partly poke out them with the fingers. They are collected in a small pit in his clearly distinguishable earth-heaps. The area itself is marked on the plan under the designation "Majs grop" and the depth of the base is approximately 0,20 but out of consideration for the old professor no detailed drawing of the area is made. The finds that are found are as follows

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