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 170 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 170 of 180

Continued from scan 169

… with even darker joints 2) of light, grey-white colour with reddish-brown joints. Wall c has previously been described elsewhere. At the new excavation it turns out that it is the same as on the outer side, rendered with a layer of c 0,03 m thick gypsum. This applies also to d2, which has entirely the same character, except that the stone base in d2 is considerably heavier and laid of ashlar blocks. The gateway in d1 is peculiar. Closest to the door jambs of which only gypsum is preserved lies a loose packing of small stones, less than fist-sized stones. These are held in place by a shell of gypsum. Evidently the gypsum has been clad with wood, of boards of which, however, absolutely nothing else remains than the impressions in the gypsum. This thereby acquires a profiled appearance. The threshold also shows such gypsum-impressions. Some depressions in the gypsum are best studied on the photographs. The doorjamb towards d1 is slightly bent, vault-shaped. It is hardly likely to be any ad- … continues

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