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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 98 of field diary DII:3b (Vouni, Korakas and the palace), handwritten in Swedish, with drawings. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:3b, Public domain (CC0).

Unnumbered pageScan 98 of 165

Continued from scan 97

14/6… lower, darker earth layer. – The first mudbrick that could be removed from section wall a measured 0,46 x 0,46 x 0,14 m. The piece however broke apart immediately. – When the sections were being dismantled an important observation was made at section a). This concerns the mudbrick wall which had fallen in over room 5 from west to east. Its courses could in fact be clearly followed, and proved to be of the following construction

Three diagrams showing brick courses in perspective (fig 1), elevation (fig 2) and plan (fig 3)
DrawingThree diagrams showing brick courses in perspective (fig 1), elevation (fig 2) and plan (fig 3)
Three diagrams showing brick courses in perspective (fig 1), elevation (fig 2) and plan (fig 3)
DrawingThree diagrams showing brick courses in perspective (fig 1), elevation (fig 2) and plan (fig 3)
Three diagrams showing brick courses in perspective (fig 1), elevation (fig 2) and plan (fig 3)
DrawingThree diagrams showing brick courses in perspective (fig 1), elevation (fig 2) and plan (fig 3)

Addendum to room 5. In the lower dark fill, a quantity of cement pieces of various sizes was found at different levels. They lay almost without exception with the smooth side downward. Possibly remains of a roof that gradually collapsed ??? Samples were taken.

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