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 133 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 133 of 165

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… outward from this (room 14). The northeast wall with the doorway is to be described in connection with room 14. The floor of room 18 consists of [illegible] well-preserved cement. Its great resistance is proven by the fact that it has not been destroyed although the earth above it does not go deeper than 40 cm. It consists entirely and wholly of dark surface earth disturbed by the plough At the southeast wall the depth is c 0,40 cm, from where it gradually thins out toward the northwest to only 0,20 cm. No finds are made in room 18. A soil section is not considered necessary.

Room 19In connection with room 13 another room of the same character as this one is excavated, lying immediately north-west of it. The room has number 19. What has been said concerning the general character of the earth fill as a substruction for a floor now destroyed, lying higher, in room 13 can also be said here about room 19. It is true that no trench is cut for studying the layers in the interior of the room, as in the case of room 13, but when the walls are uncovered, observations are made ... … continues

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