Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

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 57 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 57 of 176

List continued from scan 56

12)Bowl with ring base, raised bend-in rim and horizontal handle, black wholly varnished: Middle Cypriote

13)Cup with vert. handle (drawing)

Ornament

Incision = previous see publ.

Middle I

black and red matt paint in geometric patterns, linjesystem zigzag lines and bands, våglinjer garlands etc.

Cross with four hatched arms and a blank square centre
DrawingCross with four hatched arms and a blank square centre

Middle II

Scrolls, spirals, flora, fauna, imported ware from the mainland (Mat-painted) and Minyan red, black, grey … continues

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