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 9 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 9 of 165

Continued from scan 8

15… one may suppose that the finds are going to group themselves to the right and left nearest the gateway opening. – The section line is extended straight through the gateway and further in through the chamber. The right-hand part is excavated first. The tomb is divided into 6 squares named A – F. A and D lie nearest the gateway, each on either side of the section line. Square A is excavated first and the sherds from the different squares are collected separately. A separation of sherds by depth does not seem to lead to any result. After A and B have been excavated, an overview of the vessels can here be kept. C: 1,50 m inside the gateway and opposite it lies a group of vessels with only slightly varying depth. Originally they were probably placed very close to the floor, at a level c 0,10 m above it. A lamp in the section line (length 11,5 cm) is removed first 15. It probably followed the collapse from the door. The other vessels are:

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