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 91 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 91 of 180

Continued from scan 90

153.154… a double gateway and the north door-post in such case having been destroyed, symmetry could however arise. This however is probably to press the material too hard. It is more than uncertain for what purpose the building served The weak walls and the constructions do not speak for a temple building which one however, because of the isolated position high up on the summit could have expected. The excavation is extended to the east. In doing so the stepped wall, which earlier was mentioned in connection with wall a) At the clearing of the gypsum floor samples were collected of large roof tiles which lay from the surface all down to the floor. Of particular interest are 3 pieces of Greek acroteria in terracotta 153 They were found in the earth fill above the floor. In the room on the floor were also found on scattered spots especially near the gateway some hooks of iron and some bronze nails 154 These appear to derive from an interior fitting in wood, which … continues

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