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 88 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 59Scan 88 of 164

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298.299.… a cosmetic spatula of bronze l 18,5 cm is found. In the very section corner between a & b an- At the same level was found just west of the section line a small bronze sheet l 4,8 of exactly the same kind as before, was found in larger numbers on the floor in room 16 (251) It is obvious that we here have to do with a continuous earth layer, which extends over both rooms and that this layer dark red in colour contained bronze objects.

300.The most interesting find in room 34 is however a bronze sheet with two lions in heraldic arrangement in repoussé relief. l 17. The sheet, which is the cheek-guard of a helmet, was found 0,50 m above the floor, thus also this in the red layer with the cement pieces.

Room 35Room 35 borders on 34 and is connected with this by means of a broad gateway. Closest however the room is probably to be associated with rooms 17 and 66. The earth in room 35 is relatively homogeneous and consists of a light beige- … continues

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