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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 152 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 152 of 180

On the gypsum-plastered floor traces of fire are visible. No fire layer is however visible in the earth layers. The storerooms, judging by the remains visible in the surface of the earth, appear to have been laid out according to the following system:

Plan of a row of rooms with partition walls and a small rectangular section to the right
DrawingPlan of a row of rooms with partition walls and a small rectangular section to the right
Drawing on the page
Drawing

It should be noted here that the rooms are hewn into the rock, while the walls between consist partly of the cut-out rock partly of huge Vouni-stone blocks laid on top. The partition walls are c 1,10 - 1,25 m thick. It is decided that one room in the magazines entirely shall be excavated. In this connection the room is chosen that lies immediately west of trial trench 1. Also in the next magazine to the west, the partition wall is dug down to the floor. The excavation thus acquires an extent as shown in the sketch above. In this connection it is likely … continues

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