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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 5 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 5 of 176

punctured rhombs

Pattern of dotted rhombuses above a zigzag line
DrawingPattern of dotted rhombuses above a zigzag line

circles (drawing) eyes (drawing) the circles too are eyes

Eye motif with dot and curved line above
DrawingEye motif with dot and curved line above
Two circles with central dots separated by a vertical line
DrawingTwo circles with central dots separated by a vertical line

Also painting with white paint, common net motif

Zigzag band of parallel lines
DrawingZigzag band of parallel lines

Form

A bowl

1.bowl with flat base,

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