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 74 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 74 of 164

Room 46 –47Room 47.see soil section howeverRoom 56353The next room in the same series is room 46. In its whole layout it resembles the preceding one. The earth conditions are the same. No floor can be fixed above the uneven rock. The excavation of room 47 is postponed until the railway rail, which was drawn through the whole room, has been removed. The last room in the row is room 56. This room has not yet been excavated, but a longitudinal and a transverse section show that the earth here is somewhat deeper than in the preceding rooms, because the rock has sunk somewhat. The earth is of the same grey character as previously described. Finds: Fragment of bronze fitting 353. Closer description when the room has been excavated in its entirety.

Room 48Room 24 is bounded to the south-west by three rooms which, owing to the railway construction, cannot yet be fully characterised. The southernmost of these (48) lies wall to wall with 56 and can show fullly the same earth conditions. In the … continues

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