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 7 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 7 of 165

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… at least the stones nearest the gateway had probably not been disturbed to any notable degree. The vessels are:

Painted amphoraheight 44 cm22
Plain jugwith wide neckheight 9 cm33
Plain jugwith spoutheight 10,544
„ „ Plain jug„ height 2855
” ” Plain jugfragm.7,566
Plain pithoskrukheight .77
Plain jugheight 1888
Plain jugw. spoutheight 1099
„ „ Plain jug„ w. spout„ height 101010
Plain pithos” height 501111
Plain jug” height 12,51212

(In the gateway but evidently having come from here scattered pieces of a vessel are found, which

are joined to 13 (plain jug)13
Plain jug w. spout, height 9 cm14.

So this was a deposit of vessels outside the door packing of the burial chamber. The door packing itself is preserved only in the lowest courses of stone, but evidently has … continues

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