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 108 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 108 of 165

The great wall towards room 7 is preserved to c 2,50 m height. From this the height of the corner walls drops sharply inwards. The gateway wall is preserved to only m height. Regarding other measurements see the plan. In room 8 no valuable finds were made.

26/9The area, which is bounded by rooms 3, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 1 is called room 7 although it is actually not a room in the ordinary sense, with floor etc. It has of course not been any interior. This area is trenched down to a level equal to the walls in room 3. At roughly this level and roughly in the middle of the room a collection of very large stones is found, whose occurrence seems highly unaccountable. A few of them are slightly dressed into square form. A few of the largest are measured at 1,10 m x 0,50 m x 0,30 m This one is set on edge. Another unworked … continues

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