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

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

Unnumbered pageScan 129 of 165

Continued from scan 128

… the cement floor. Through room 15 the rail is drawn in to the large cement courtyard. The room cannot therefore be fully cleared.

Room 16.4/10Room 14 is bounded on the third side by a long, splendid staircase rising the full width of the courtyard and leading up to a number of rooms, at a somewhat higher level. The southeasternmost of these is Room 16, which has roughly this shape:

Architectural plan of Room 16 and surrounding rooms with hatched walls, steps, a dashed profile line and a north arrow
DrawingArchitectural plan of Room 16 and surrounding rooms with hatched walls, steps, a dashed profile line and a north arrow

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