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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 55 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 55 of 176

Melos

Red and black polished ware and red coarse ware, black forms the same, coarse

1)Pyxis, cylindrical

2)Pyxis, round

3)Pyxis with raised rim

4)Jug. on foot

5)Amphora w. ledgehandles pierced, pyriform

Profile of a pyriform vessel with two pierced lug handles
DrawingProfile of a pyriform vessel with two pierced lug handles

6)Deep bowl with snabelspout, w. ledgehandle

or horizontal

upright

Profile of a vessel with a spout on the shoulder and a lug handle on the body
DrawingProfile of a vessel with a spout on the shoulder and a lug handle on the body

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