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 70 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 70 of 176

Middle Minoan

Early Minoan types continue \Red and black urfirnis, white on dark and dark on light (MMI and III)/ 1) The cup the rake-shaped becomes more curved, conea) shaped contour = Vaphio, the round cup gets a handle, base-ring sometimes ledge shoulder and pro- and concave contour o. pro- b) filleted rim = L.H.I, i.e. new types appear 2) The deep bowl = now jug with a mouth with semicircular spout, the weight lets fall towards the ground but gradually becomes (drawing) the form more buoyant 3) The bowl on conical foot also continues (Tylissos)

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