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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 50 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 50 of 176

List continued from scan 49

5.Ring vase 6185

6 Animal vase 6176

Ornamentation

In incised ware

1)checkerboard pattern, incised triangles

2)connected circles

3)star pattern (drawing)

4)checkerboard-filled triangles as border

5)spirals (drawing)

6)hanging lines (the jugs)

Multi-pointed star with small triangles inside the upper points
DrawingMulti-pointed star with small triangles inside the upper points

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