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 133 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 133 of 164

Continued from p. 103

123}}}}… cut vertically to a considerable depth. For practical reasons, however, this rock face is not cleared. At 3,60 – 4,60 there is a well-built wall of roughly dressed stones. The depth from the ground surface to the rock base here is 2,80 m., and the wall rises 1,50 m. Its upper parts are demolished. Large stones in the fill at the level of the preserved top of the wall indicate the direction of the collapse inward toward 0. The distance 0 – 3,60 m is filled with a compact mass with head-sized cobbles right up to c 1 m from the surface. This part of the trench is dug to over 4 m depth without reaching the rock. Danger of collapse prevents further digging. At the 7de metre a well-preserved cement floor begins , which extends to the 9de metre, where a terrace wall [illegible] ends it. At Below this, another similar cement floor begins at a level exactly 1 m lower. This floor extends from 9,10 m – 17,0 m where it ends against a 0,50 m high … continues

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