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 52 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 52 of 164

11,65 mDark plough-soil surface layer
2—Dark gravel layer. Not visible in
the section.
31,10 mLight brown, pottery-poor
gravel layer (Courtyard fill)
40,55 mDark brown sterile subsoil.
50,00 mThe unworked rock

Of these, no. 4 has been found before the palace was built, no. 3 probably came in connection with the palace building, 2 and 1 have later come from elsewhere.

Section cSection c) is parallel to b) and runs in the extension of wall 8-6 (the inner face in room 8) up towards the centre of the courtyard with its cistern, which is cut by the section. In this section the possibly established courtyard level is most clearly seen. It is namely the case that against wall 7-6-8) there originally, before the courtyard was levelled, lay a rampart consisting of alternating sloping layers of gravel and reddish clay. When the courtyard … continues

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