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 157 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 157 of 180

Table continued from scan 156

6- 0,85Brown-red, dark earth (geometric pottery)
70,98Light layer of rounded stones
water-worn, nearest the rock
8—The rock.

This section may be taken as an example of the layer sequence roughly in the middle beneath the floor. In the eastern part of the house, however, quite different conditions prevail. In plan the older walls that are excavated here beneath the floor look roughly like this appearance :

Plan of a square structure with internal walls and stones on the left side, abutting hatched wall segments top and bottom, with a north-south arrow on the right
DrawingPlan of a square structure with internal walls and stones on the left side, abutting hatched wall segments top and bottom, with a north-south arrow on the right

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