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 62 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 62 of 165

Continued from scan 61

… is a 0,50 m. deep depression in the floor. The finds in the tomb were extremely insignificant. All pottery is joined together for practical reasons into the sherds. The pottery is mainly localized to the left long wall. A peculiar irregularity in the plan of the chamber gives a hint about the age relationship between tomb 8 and 9. One has cut the left long wall straight until one finally - presumably by acoustic means - began to suspect that one continuing in the same direction must come into another tomb (8) At this stage one has therefore bent the wall somewhat to the right. The space between the two tombs' chambers here is scarcely more than 15 cm. The roof in tomb 9 is completely collapsed but the contour of the back wall shows that … continues

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