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 40 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 40 of 165

Table continued from scan 39

plain bowldiam 1312
pithosheight 5013
In connection with the first
group of vessels were found some
fragments of bronze pins (14)14

This concerning the tomb's excavation. As for the architecture it should be mentioned that the dromos originally had steps, which however have been entirely worn away so that only a few remnants at the very top (see the plan). The dromos slopes steeply inward toward the door-stone where the depth from the surface is c. 4,35 m. The length is approx. 6,50 m. The stomion is well preserved and clearly marked in the plan The chamber itself consists of a largely rectangular room with slightly rounded gable walls c. 4,75 x c. 2,90 m The roof is thin-vaulted with the spring of the vault immediately above the floor.

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