Field diary·DII:1a·1927

Lapithos, Vrysi tou BarbaErik Sjöqvist

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Handwritten in Swedish. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 103 of field diary DII:1a (Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:1a, Public domain (CC0).

Page 11Scan 103 of 178

The clearing is begun.

21/11After the clearing was preliminarily completed a plan of the chamber and the vessels is drawn, and an interior photograph is taken. All vessels lie at the same level. One can clearly establish an intended distribution of vessels and bodies. In the western part of the chamber lies the cluster of large storage vessels, at the back wall a depot of smaller table bowls etc., and in the western part most of the bodies. One lies nevertheless at the back wall. The vessels are taken out in the following order.

1Red pol. incised vessel badly damaged (in packet)
2— 〃 — incised bowl, damaged〃
5Red pol. hemisph. bowl damaged” 〃
3— ” — Red jug cut-away neckheight 50.8
4— ” — — ” — Red jug spherical bodyheight 20.0
6— ” — — ” — Red jug spherical bodyheight 47.8
7— ” — — ” — Red jug cut-away neck, egg-shapedheight 21.5
8— ” — — ” — — ” — Red jug cut-away neck, egg-shapedheight 49.5
9White painted snabelkanna. (marked)height 26.7
10Red pol. jug narrow neck damagedheight 46

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