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 86 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 86 of 165

Continued from scan 85

… the earth is carted out, in the same way as in tomb 9. Quarter by quarter is investigated; meanwhile the dromos is cleared. Just inside the door is found a negligible c 30 cm

above the base a plate diam 14 cm1. ✓ 14.0

Further into the tomb are found, in completely the same collapse layer, lying next to each other and probably belonging together.

Cannon pithosheight 64 cm2. ✓ 63.0
Painted jug w. figure representation” height 27 cm3. ✓

These lie c 35–40 cm above the floor surface. To the left of these two vessels is found on the bottom of the tomb, lying next to one another

Plain jugheight 16 cm4. ✓
Lamplength 10 〃5. ✓ 10.5
Plain jugheight 13 〃6. ✓ 13.0
Lamplength 10 〃7. ✓ 10.3
Bronze fragment (3 pcs)8.

In connection with these objects some extremely fragmentary remains of a skeleton were observed. Its position and extent could not, however, be established.

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