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 46 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 46 of 164

of the farmer's dim craftsmanship, and while the face turned downward still shone with a beauty preserved even after millennia - - .

In the south-eastern stone edging is set a very large ashlar block with a moulded edge, which has been only slightly displaced from its original position. The stone has the following measurements =

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Northwest of this stone, in the stone edge and under the cement floor, (in the direction of the great stairs) the same layer with abundant geometric pottery is found again, which was previously described in connection with the excavation of the gateway in room 1. The geometric pottery is, however, at the new location considerably on the decline, so that one has reason to suppose that the geometric earth is rather narrowly limited. In this layer an important find is made, however: the fragment of an Egyptian, painted wing

of the sun disk. Length 291 Frag-291

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