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 146 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 146 of 164

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… be connected with House I, the shape and extent of the house. Possibly it extended all the way out to the edge on the east. One of the post supports lies in square A 6. Inside some larger unhewn stones was uncovered a carefully laid circle of decimetre-sized oval wave-washed beach stones. In the middle was an irregular hollow down to the rock, where a wooden post is supposed to have stood. The other post support is situated immediately south of the square boundary A 4 - A 5. It is of entirely the same character but smaller and even more carefully laid. The post here has rested on a loose round slab in the middle (see drawing). During the excavation it was observed that the beach stones had been joined together by clay lighter than the earth which otherwise filled the hole. Probably these two post supports are connected with each other, and the posts probably stood on either side of … continues

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