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 154 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 154 of 164

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… which naturally do not belong on the top of the island. Furthermore were collected animal bones from all periods as well as also fragments of worked horn (deer?) What, on the other hand, is to a high degree noteworthy is the complete absence of all pottery. Not a potsherd was found during the whole excavation and hardly will any such surely have been found at Petra. The distribution of the different find groups over the different periods is shown in this table.

FlintsObsid.Spindle wh.IBone PrickerAxeIdolStone bowlStone prickerStone Bead
Petra I812
Petra II75111
Petra III43311012

The axe in Petra II has only its edge barely ground, but is otherwise unworked. [illegible] The three axes in Petra III, on the other hand, are ground and smoothed over entirely. Stone- … continues

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