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 130 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).

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… almost square slab, on which stands a cheese-shaped round base. This and the slab are, however, hewn out of one and the same block. The full measurements of the whole are as follows:

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Σπίτι 2It is clear that a monumental building has been found here. Of course several column-bases would be found if the trench were extended. Σπίτι 1 ends downward at a wall now demolished, and below this the rock is cut down at 7,40 m. to a depth of c 2,20 m. where another floor begins, which slopes and runs to the 9de metre. Here is a smaller ledge, on which the floor at the 0,80 m. deeper level extends horizontally up to the 0,80 m. high boundary wall at 11,20 m.

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