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 74 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 74 of 165

The rock above the door shows traces of damage, probably from the intrusion of grave robbers. The chamber itself is very fairly small; nothing has collapsed from the roof, but on the other hand a good deal of earth has run in through the open gateway. Two layers can be distinguished: the upper, deriving from the darker dromos fill, from the robbery level; the lower from the white undisturbed dromos fill. - The vessels that were found inside the chamber were have are all more or less displaced from their original positions, most of them lifted and carried about by water flowing in. The finds are: (as regards their positions and location in the fill) see the plan and its numbers.

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