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 80 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 80 of 165

List continued from scan 79

Iron ring28
Bronze ring29
Lamplength 11 cm30
Plain jugheight 13 „31
Alabaster ballfl„ height 9 „32
Outside in the dromos fill are found
Plain jug w. spout height 10 cm33.
(See drawing)

The architecture of the tomb is noteworthy. In the back gable wall a niche has been begun in a similar manner to that in no. 8. The rock has however here been unsuitable for cutting, which is why the niche was abandoned and instead cut into the left long side (see plan and cross-section). Another peculiarity is the form of the roof. Virtually the whole roof survives. In contrast to the usual rounded barrel vault in the other tombs, this vault profile is drawn out in … continues

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