Field diary·DII:3c·1928–1930

Petra tou Limniti and VouniAlfred Westholm

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Handwritten in Swedish. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 100 of field diary DII:3c (Petra tou Limniti and Vouni), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

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

Page 73Scan 100 of 164

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Room 74408… are also the soil conditions the same. Room 74 was cleared earlier and proved to contain abundant pithos pottery. During a more careful clearing of wall 74-73 a few further objects were found in directly beneath the wall stones themselves in room 74. (see plan) (Near the eastern corner Upper part of a female limestone statuette h. 6,2 408 possibly washed down from above during the winter) Beneath wall 74-73:

Archaic head (limestone)h 3,00 cm409
Base of a limestone statuettesq 3,5 × 4,5 cm410in a pit
Lower part of a t.c. statuetteh 6,5 cm411
Miniature statuette, head missing (faience)h 2,4 "412

Room 73In room 74 the pithos pottery is concentrated in the inner parts, in room 73, on the other hand, in the outer ones. The earth is however the same a beige-coloured mass of raw brick earth, which extends all the way from the darker surface layer down to the patchily burnt rock floor. No dark burnt layer in the earth is observed … continues

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