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 76 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 76 of 180

Continued from scan 75

133134-5136137… of at least 4 smaller vessels inside one another which were crushed and must be lifted together (133). Next to these two small bowls are taken out, 134, 135. – The excavation is continued northwards. C. 15 cm lower than the top of the wall, the upper edge of a large vessel, which is damaged by the pick. When the vessel is excavated it turns out to be a large painted (archaic) amphora (height c 43 cm) 136. Obliquely below this lies a smaller unpainted jug 137 (height 15 cm). Both these vessels stand wedged between the cobblestone wall and another peculiar round gypsum-plastered feature, which does not rest directly on the rock. The first impression of it is something resembling an oven structure. The trench is opened for closer investigation. Also the final excavation of the cobblestone wall is prepared. 0,50 m from the oven-like structure and 0,80 m from the wall on the south side a bowl was found on the rock floor … continues

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