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 36 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 36 of 165

Tomb 6

12c. 200 m north of Tomb 3 lies tomb 6 on the south slope of a high hill. The dromos direction is S - N, and it is exceptionally large in relation to those previously excavated. Already in the surface layer, which is dark, far out in the dromos a small bowl diam 12 cm (1) was found, and nearer the gateway a small miniature jug, height 6 cm (2). The dromos is being excavated in depth, and already immediately below the surface layer a differentiation of the earth is noted. The fill is throughout very light, strongly gypsum-mixed, containing a quantity of smaller stones. C. 2 m closest to the gate-wall, on the other hand, the earth has precisely the same consistency but is a little darker. This can be followed obliquely downward in the direction of the door. At a depth of … continues

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