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 113 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).

Unnumbered pageScan 113 of 164

Bottom ash in room 78 consists of a very dark and black burnt layer, which thickens towards the northwest parts to c 30 cm. The earth above this layer is the usual in these parts, the beige-coloured, mixed mud-brick earth. In the northern corner was found

Terra-cotta head h 4,5 cm460.

lying directly on the rock floor.

The entire south-east façade of the palace is occupiedRoom 57.

a row of storerooms. Outside these runs a street, which on the other side is bounded by houses, so-called cult houses. In the southern part only some parts of such a cult house (Room 57) are exposed Below c 0,50 m depth of grey earth follows a more ash-laden layer, black in colour. Between these layers is found in the northern corner

Fragment of a limestone-palmett-ornament l 11 cm452.

The cult house is unfortunately not excavated completely. One cannot of course excavate everything either.

In the grey, homogeneous fillRoom 56

in room 56, 2 pieces of a marble bowl were found

19,5; 17 cm (463) immediately on the floor.463

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