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 95 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 95 of 165

A section at a suitable place with the measurements counted from below gives the following result:

11,95surface layer
21,75Uppermost mudbrick level
31,50 m.Lowest — 〃 —
41,10 mDeformed mudbrick level.
50,85 mBrown collapse layer of dissolved dark mudbrick
60The rock

Regarding the direction of the collapse in the 4 upper layers it would be hazardous to pronounce oneself on the basis of profile a) alone. On the other hand, it is clear that layer 5 slopes in the direction of the profile, that is from the wall toward room 2 and downward, at right angles to this. From profile b) it is however apparent that the 4 upper layers came from a mud-brick wall which at a higher level separated rooms 5 and 6 and then fell obliquely into room 5 (see the profile drawing) over the layer that has number 5. If one combines these observations in this way it becomes clear that a mud-brick wall over the wall … continues

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