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 20 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 20 of 165

Continued from scan 19

… walls. The door to the chamber has partly collapsed, and the packing itself is preserved only to a height of 2 to 3 stone courses . The chamber floor lies at a deeper level than the lowest ledge in the dromos. The floor is uneven, owing to the difficulty of cutting a level surface in this rock. The chamber's shape is rectangular; its dimensions can be seen from the plan. As far as one can judge, the roof seems to have been barrel-vaulted, with the vault springers low down at the floor. This is shown by a well-preserved part in the inner right-hand corner of the chamber .

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