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 80 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 80 of 176

List continued from scan 79

14)starfish (drawing)

15)lotus (drawing)

16)(drawing) - the pattern

17)(drawing)

18)(drawing)

19)scale-pattern (drawing)

20)lattices (drawing)

Interlocking wavy V-shaped bands with small curved strokes inside
DrawingInterlocking wavy V-shaped bands with small curved strokes inside
Concentric U-shaped loops with hatching, bounded on the right by a vertical checkered band
DrawingConcentric U-shaped loops with hatching, bounded on the right by a vertical checkered band
Lotus motif with two volute-like petals
DrawingLotus motif with two volute-like petals
Decorative motif of concentric circles with six radiating curled arms
DrawingDecorative motif of concentric circles with six radiating curled arms

Sometimes the patterns are paint ed in matt colour and the vessels without gloss slip (Aj. Triada) in large spirals over the whole vessel.

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