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 148 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 148 of 165

Table continued from scan 147

5 0,50 m Mixed grey and reddish
gravel strongly mixed with cement-
pieces with one smooth side which
as a rule is turned downward.
6 0,08 m Very fine reddish brown (wind-blown)
sand (typical Vouni dust.)
7 0,00 m Well-preserved cement floor.

Of these layers, 2-3 are sloping, below the point where the underlying ones have a horizontal character. It appears beyond dispute that 2-3 originally collapsed from the wall towards room 10 down into room 11, at a time when this was already filled with earth to a depth of 1,50 m. (In connection with this may be mentioned a statement by the landowner that this part of the palace, rooms 1 and 11, only a few years ago stood preserved to a considerably greater height, and that the projecting parts, which however for the most part had been razed, were by him and his son levelled out to the … continues

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