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 38 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 38 of 180

Continued from scan 37

60a.… the head and one shoulder of a large terracotta statue, more precisely 52 - 53. The new piece receives on account of double numbering the no. 60 a. The piece lies just at the entrance to a c 0,50 m narrow recess between two pairs of walls, which run in a direction perpendicular to the steps. In this narrow recess a number of objects have fallen down and now lie in the fill at various levels. It is, however, noteworthy that several statues are found in an upright (standing) position. The idea that the statues were in their original position must however be rejected for several reasons. First and foremost, their very different sizes seem to preclude that one was dealing with a group or the like. Moreover they are sunk between walls … continues

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