Field diary·DII:3a·1928

Vouni IAlfred Westholm

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Handwritten in Swedish. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 132 of field diary DII:3a (Vouni I), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:3a, Public domain (CC0).

Unnumbered pageScan 132 of 180

235Some scattered pieces of iron and bronze are combined under number 235. All these objects outside the south wall were found so shallow that they must have been disturbed, presumably by the Cypriot plough. Further, the rock rises steeply to the south so that it comes to the surface c 2 m from the south-wall. The rock is not exposed everywhere, however. C 2 m from the outer corner there is a depression and here at a depth of 0,75 m from the earth surface a very dark layer containing 2 charcoal and ash. The consistency and colour are reminiscent of what was described the previous day from the area inside the wall. It is not impossible that it is the same ash layer that was cut by the wall. This is, however, not likely since the dark earth penetrates between the stones of the wall. The burn-layer must have formed after the wall. On the dark level, however, it stops … continues

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