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 117 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 117 of 164

So Mavrokostaz suddenly finds a fine head, somewhat Egyptianizing, c. 0,50 m above the floor.

Female terra-cotta head h –477.
Another find is Female lime-
stone statue, diam. h 31 cm on the floor478

When the excavation had passed the small staircase that leads up to room 101, the earth became typical of τó καλó χώμα So one day (18 April, the anniversary of the excavation's beginning) a lump-like terracotta fragment was exposed, which raised hopes. When it was turned up, a fine terracotta archaic face looked up at the Tillyria sun for the first time since the days of the Ancients.

Female terra-cotta head h c. 32 cm480

Shortly it becomes clear that statues are to be found in plenty in the vicinity, and the excavation in room 99 is completed with trowels and other suitable instruments. The statuettes' position and mutual arrangement appear from the drawing and photographs. A complete list of them looks as follows:

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