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 6 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 6 of 165

Continued from scan 5

1… somewhat sloping inward. In front of the damaged gateway a group of vessels is found which, without lying completely against one another, nevertheless give the impression of having been placed at the same time. The earth nearest the gateway cannot be considered undisturbed, and the vessels' position has in connection with the earth displacement been changed. The situation is that the gateway's upper parts have given way and collapsed into the burial chamber whereby a part of the nearest dromos earth followed along. This matter is to be confirmed if sherds from the same vessel, originally in the dromos, are found both outside and inside the gateway. Relatively high up in the fill and c 0,60 m from the gateway the first vessel is found, an unpainted jug with a handle at the neck (1). Lower than this and right next to the gateway opening a group of vessels is found, of which åt- … continues

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