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 67 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 37Scan 67 of 164

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2.20 CisternenFinds.… brown gravelly earth. Roughly in the centre of room 7 is a c. 11 m deep cistern hewn down into the rock. The cistern, which later will be examined more closely, has a carefully worked superstructure of cement. The basic form is circular and the construction itself is made in two stepped tiers with bevelled edges. In the centre is the well opening. The outer step circle's greatest diameter is 2,20 m. The well opening's diam is 0,80 m. To the north a basin extension is built, which with a channel stands in connection with the well opening. The base of the basin extension consists of the unworked rock. In room 7 the following finds were made:

9.Sherds of a red-figured lekythosRoom 7 aG9
9 a— ” — ” Sherds of a red-figured lekythosRoom 79 a
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65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain