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 116 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 116 of 164

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… called 97. The fill here, under the very thick surface layer consisting of grey earth, which entirely came from above, from rooms 100 and 96. In the fill from here a find is made of

2 Bronze-nails475
In the northern corner was found wedged in
against wall 97-98 limestone statuette diam. h.-476

The statuette was damaged when it was found, but it can probably be mended with Karlsson. The statuette lay sunk in the stone edge and was found during the careful clearing of this.

Rum 99During the excavation of room 99 a striking number of pieces of terracotta statues were observed among the pottery, which had evidently come down into the collapsed earth from 101. As no larger more more significant pieces came to light, the excavation is nevertheless continued towards the north-west with the utmost care. Approximately at the middle of

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