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 38 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 38 of 165

that had not been disturbed. The darker earth nearest the gateway marks the trench through which the robbers prepared their access to the tomb. Evidently they have encountered the door stone and broken off a piece of it. When the robbery-trench was refilled, one first threw down some larger stones to block the hole into the chamber, so as to keep the earth in place. – Δρόμος is cleared completely. Once the door stone has been removed one can comfortably enter the tomb. Already at the first appearance one sees that it has been ravaged by robbers. In the middle of the floor lies a small heap of sherds and to the left some scattered objects From the gateway a sloping collapse layer runs down towards the middle of the chamber. A section that was left in this collapse layer shows on the floor a … continues

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