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 85 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 85 of 165

Tomb 16.

The tombs 8-9 and 12-15 lie on this hill's upper part, where the rock consists of a very light chalky or gypsum-like stone. Despite eager searching up there, no further tombs could be found within the gypsum area. Tomb 16 lies further down on the eastern slope, in the area with the greenish, loose limestone, the area with tombs 6-7 ; 10-11. Tomb 16 is the northernmost within that area (nearest the sea). The dromos fill appears to indicate that the tomb has been visited by robbers. No proper robbers' shaft with definite boundaries can, however, be established. The gateway seems to be partly collapsed, for already at c 1 m below the ground surface a hole opens so that one can squeeze into the tomb chamber. It turns out that it has a considerable collapse layer from the roof at the bottom. It is decided that the chamber shall be excavated without … continues

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