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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 67 of notebook 000005 (Notes on pottery from Troy, the Cyclades and Crete), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, 000005, Public domain (CC0).

Unnumbered pageScan 67 of 176

Early Minoan

Factories

1.Urfirniss, red and black

2.Mottled ware

3.Dark on light

4.Light on dark.

5.Grey ware, polished slip (Mochlos or Palaikastro)

Form

(drawing) 1) Round bowl with 2 string holes

(drawing) 2) Splaying deep bowl

Occasionally with semicirc. spout and string holes.

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