Field diary·DII:3b·1928–1929

Vouni, Korakas and the palaceAlfred Westholm

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Handwritten in Swedish. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 107 of field diary DII:3b (Vouni, Korakas and the palace), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:3b, Public domain (CC0).

Unnumbered pageScan 107 of 165

Continued from scan 106

… lower. This has identically the same character and appearance as in rooms 5-6, where it therefore need not be described again. In section a, very clearly visible thin, dense, fine collapse lines in the trench wall at a steep slope from the wall toward room 7, which confirms the previously expressed idea that the earth gradually rained down into the rooms from this wall. The pottery is largely the same as in room 6 and is found here too almost exclusively in the lower layer. A cut in the section corner gives the following results, with the depths counted from the floor

1.2,60 mBlack surface layer
2.2,30 mLight layer with disintegrated light unbaked brick
3.1,10 mDark layer with disintegrated
dark unbaked brick
4.0,00 mThe rock

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