Vouni, Korakas and the palaceAlfred Westholm

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… the first sign of the collapse layer is found, approaching its end in the form of a couple of sherds. The rough excavation is stopped and the remainder of the tomb is excavated with a knife. Despite the enormous collapse, most of the vessels appear to have been relatively undamaged, which must be explained by the fact that everything did not collapse at the same time, but the vessels were gradually surrounded by small particles that fell over a relatively long period from the roof. When the whole tomb has been cleared the following picture of the tomb is obtained. All vessels and objects lie directly on the bottom. When one has passed the stomion, a small group of vessels lies to the right, whose composition is as follows: