Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Notebook·000005·1927–1931

Notes on pottery from Troy, the Cyclades and CreteEinar Gjerstad

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Handwritten in Swedish. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 10 of notebook 000005 (Notes on pottery from Troy, the Cyclades and Crete), handwritten in Swedish, with drawings. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, 000005, Public domain (CC0).

Unnumbered pageScan 10 of 176

Continued from scan 9

… also the black-polished amphora 255 with handle from the rim

Profile of a two-handled amphora
DrawingProfile of a two-handled amphora

which is reminiscent of the Red Polished amphora Troja II 1556, which heralds Cypriot influence

Stone: Hammer 7179

axe 1) flat axe

2)shaft-hole axe

(7175 etc flint knives ; saws etc

Bronze : 3 knives 6189-91

with curved blade,

uncertain whether to Troja I

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