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 51 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 51 of 165

67 - 8All dromos fill is removed with great difficulty, since the depth inside at the door is c 4,60 m. The fill is throughout homogeneous, and the tomb appears unopened at least from the gateway. The descent to the gateway is facilitated by 16 well-preserved, somewhat worn stairs in the middle, which take up the whole width of the dromos. The door packing is undisturbed. It consists of two parts: a lower, loosely laid layer of round, unworked cobbles. On this are set thinner slabs, forming a double packing. Completely in the middle over the gateway, leaning. When the door packing is cleared, in the lower part a small bronze button is found on the left side (6) and sherds of two plain jugs 7 and 8 (on the right side). Exactly in the middle over the gateway, leaning against the upper door-packing, and the door lintel was placed in an upside-down position … continues

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