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 166 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 166 of 180

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259… 15-16/6 It has been decided that two rooms in the palace are to be cleared. For this purpose the room is selected which adjoins trial trench 1 and which has two of the walls of mud brick. This is called Room 1 (Pal.). Room 2 is the second uppermost room that was cut by trial trench 3. During these days the excavation of the earth is continued at these two places. A stray find was made c 10 m east of room 2 on the surface: The lower half of a stone statuette (height - ) 259.

17/6Sunday. Rest day at Vouni. Search for necropoleis.

18-19/6 Rooms 1 and 2 are emptied by ordinary earth-cutting work. Concerning finds and earth conditions see the continuous description that follows below it. Successful necropolis search.

20/6Room 1 is now excavated. It does not have a fully square shape and in plan takes roughly the following form:

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