Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

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

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

Unnumbered pageScan 139 of 180

Continued from scan 138

… to a higher, also rock-cut floor-ledge, which however is only m wide. The ledge however extends further to the west and east, where it is lost against the uneven rock. On the lowest floor there are remains of a well-known ceramic coating. The history thus has the following plan in sketch:

Plan of two stepped floor levels with hatched walls/edges, a north arrow, and diagonal lines running across the plan
DrawingPlan of two stepped floor levels with hatched walls/edges, a north arrow, and diagonal lines running across the plan

244,Below this the uneven rock is exposed at only a slight depth. No trace of working is observed. The thin earth is ordinary plough soil. Among the finds may be mentioned in various places, but all of them of course on the surface: a small bronze spearhead, two bronze nails, one of iron, a fragmentary terracotta horse 244. At the bottom of … continues

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