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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 43 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 43 of 176

4 jar with flat base or foot

Profiles of two jars with lug handles, the left one with a flat base and the right one on a foot
DrawingProfiles of two jars with lug handles, the left one with a flat base and the right one on a foot
Profiles of two jars with lug handles, the left one with a flat base and the right one on a foot
DrawingProfiles of two jars with lug handles, the left one with a flat base and the right one on a foot

and vertical or horizontal string holes usually four.

the ware is often incised, with white filling sometimes preserved (4866)

the patterns are simple line systems : the fishbone pattern främst. hatched triangles, and hatched band

A diagonal band with herringbone hatching, an arrow pointing to it from "hatched band"
DrawingA diagonal band with herringbone hatching, an arrow pointing to it from "hatched band"

also dotted hanging-bands (4831)

A small vessel with two loop handles, decorated with horizontal and vertical bands filled with dots
DrawingA small vessel with two loop handles, decorated with horizontal and vertical bands filled with dots

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