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

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

Unnumbered pageScan 127 of 176

1) Grey ware in Troy II, forerunner to the later one with metal imitation in Troy VI 2) Black ware. Troy I, Red in Troy II; the technique does not mean so much, more important is the discrepancy in form (drawing) : bowls with basket technique (drawing)

1)basket technique

2)calabash technique

3) Not suspension-band ornament. do not go round; skeuomorphic band-loops also in relief. (drawing) 4) One does not know about earlier and later stages, whether at Troy II or VI; a pity.

5) Painted pottery from Boghazköi and Kül tepé from the 18th dyn; 2 bit.

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