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 82 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 82 of 176

Bronze At M II Obs: Bronze oxidises fr

H. Triada

1)Soft knives (drawing)

2)Soft swords.

3)Single-edged knives

4)Two knives 1930 and 1931 (?) (number illegible) resemble the Cypriot type but are not Cypriot. -

Elongated blade-like shape with two dots at the rounded left end
DrawingElongated blade-like shape with two dots at the rounded left end
Two dagger/knife blades with tangs and rivet dots
DrawingTwo dagger/knife blades with tangs and rivet dots
Drawing on the page
Drawing

The arrangement of the rivets is not Cypriot It is possible that the ingot was moved … continues

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