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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 25 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 25 of 165

Continued from scan 24

… hollowed out at a single place in the tomb, namelyly on the left immediately inside the gateway The mutual position of the various vessels is probably best shown by drawings and photographs. They have of course been placed all in one context. This is attested by their skilful stacking on one another. The vessels are:

Pithosheight54cm14 a
Plain jug„ heightfrk-15
„ „ Plain jug„ height11cm16
Alabaster bottle (aryball)„ height10cm17
Plain jug„ height24„ cm18
„ „ Plain jug„ height24„ cm19
Lamplength11,5„ cm20
Hydriaheight47„ cm21

This hydria still had a lid of clay (only slightly shaped) in situ.

Hydriaheight45cm22
Painted jug„ height- --23
Plain jugheightfrk24

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