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 117 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 117 of 165

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274.275.… the earliest ones that were found. Just at the entrance from b to d, a broken bronze nail (length 6,5 cm) (274) was found on the floor and, farthest in at a, also on the floor a melted lump of bronze (275). Regarding a number of channels and gutters, see the later description.

Room 1228/9With the construction of the thermopolion the row of storeroom-like rooms 4–6 and 8 comes to an end. Further north-west of these rooms the floor level is considerably raised. Because of this, the floor of Room 12 (see the situation sketch) will be found half destroyed. The ground surface falls away steeply here. Of dett what remains of Room 12, the cement floor with its substructure layer is the most interesting part. The walls are demolished down to the level of the floor or below, with the exception of the one bordering Room 10, which at its highest point measures 0,75 m in height. Room 12 is excavated down to the cement floor, where this is preserved, and down to the rock in the … continues

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