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 163 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 163 of 180

13/6Wednesday Trial trench 11 extends from a large olive tree on the northwest slope below-the kiln in direction down towards the bathing place by the sea. Already at the upper edge of the trench the rock, which rises to the surface, is cut vertically to 1 m. deep. Thereafter the rock opens inward into a cave which however is not cut but natural (Such natural caves beneath the upper hard rock crust are very common at Vounì. The earth fill next to this opening consists of sterile earth with large unworked stones. Here and there lie isolated Classical sherds. C. 4 m from the cave opening remain the destroyed remains of a cement-floor lying c. 20 cm above the rock. The cement floor also extends under a modern field wall and ends downward at a well-built wall of edge-set slabs. 1 m below this wall opens a large cistern; c. 4 m from the opening filled with stone. The cistern which is cut in the rock is on the inside lined with a thick … continues

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