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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 161 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 161 of 180

Continued from scan 160

… fallet varit använda.

12/6At the end of trial trench 10 a kiln was mentioned, but the description of it was postponed until the excavation had been finished. This has now taken place. The kiln has roughly the following form:

Plan of a horseshoe-shaped structure with an opening to the left, two parallel rectangular blocks in the middle, and a stone-built section to the right, with a north arrow to the right
DrawingPlan of a horseshoe-shaped structure with an opening to the left, two parallel rectangular blocks in the middle, and a stone-built section to the right, with a north arrow to the right
Plan of a horseshoe-shaped structure with an opening to the left, two parallel rectangular blocks in the middle, and a stone-built section to the right, with a north arrow to the right
DrawingPlan of a horseshoe-shaped structure with an opening to the left, two parallel rectangular blocks in the middle, and a stone-built section to the right, with a north arrow to the right

It consists of a rounded rectangular building with rounded inner as well as outer corners. On one of the gables there is an entrance, which leads into the actual kiln chamber. In the middle of the floor here are two edge-set ashlar blocks placed next to each other in the direction of the kiln's length b). The ashlar stones are extended inward by a cobblestone wall c).

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