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 57 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).

Page 27Scan 57 of 164

1.2,30 mDark plough-worked surface layer
2.2,10 mGrey mudbrick earth
3.1,35 mBeige-coloured, homogeneous mud-
brick debris mixed with sand
4.1,10 mAlternating levels of much
black charcoal and ash layers and
dark green burnt earth. This
floor levellayer lies at floor level.
5.0,82 mGrey mudbrick earth with small-
charcoal fragments.
6.0,40 mLight red gravel with small stones
A embedded gypsum edge not visible in
the angle tip (layer rich in pottery)
70,00 mThe rock

Regarding an important pottery find in layer 6, see below under the description of section B 1. The burnt layer no. 4 on the floor of the room has evidently arisen when some wooden superstructure in the room burnt and collapsed. The green-burnt earth is probably parts of a collapsed mudbrick wall. Layers 2 and 3 be have of course later rained down from the above- … continues

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