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 71 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 71 of 165

Continued from scan 70

… the remains (see the plan) lie

Scraper of bronzelength 13 cm1.
Lamp„ length 14 „2 v 13.7
Alabaster ballheight 8 „3,

Immediately inside, to the right of the door, lies another concentration of vessels, though without preserved skeleton remains in the vicinity:

Plain jugheight 14 cm4 14.0
— „ — „ — Plain jug„ height 15 cm5 15.0
Lamplength 12 „6
Plain jugheight 17 „7 (12.4)
— „ — „ — Plain jug„ height 278, 29.0

As regards finds, this is all. The skeletal remains in the corner derive from at least three individuals, of whom the innermost (probably a woman) is välbevar well distinguishable, even though the bones, which have lain undisturbed, are heavily decayed. No earth covered them. Photography was carried out after some collapsed stones had been removed.

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