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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 12 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 12 of 176

and triangles

Pattern of crossing zigzag lines forming lozenges and triangles, with dots in some triangles
DrawingPattern of crossing zigzag lines forming lozenges and triangles, with dots in some triangles

punctured zigzag band

A double zigzag band filled with dots
DrawingA double zigzag band filled with dots

Pronounced band and line ornament On the storage vessels: repeated ornament in relief and stamped circles together with incised zigzag and herringbone pattern

Shape.

A bowl.

1 With raised rim, flat

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