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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 173 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 173 of 180

Continued from scan 172

… rectangular in shape, measuring - m. The walls are preserved to varying height varying between and m. The earth conditions that prevailed during the excavation should be clearly evident from the following sketch =

Cross-section of a room with two stone walls of different heights, a sloping surface line above, and diagonal stratification lines and a bottom layer between the walls
DrawingCross-section of a room with two stone walls of different heights, a sloping surface line above, and diagonal stratification lines and a bottom layer between the walls

Below the surface layer follows a c. 1 m thick layer which evidently constitutes collapse from the building's upper storeys. The stratification of the collapse is however extremely difficult to establish and not at all marked. Most clearly it appears roughly in the middle of the room in the form of thin colour variations in the earth. The collapse has evidently occurred from the lower wall towards the upper. In this … continues

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