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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 106 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 106 of 178

Continued from p. 11

… situ. The remains of the same lie at the middle of the back wall. Sparse remains of one a further skeleton lie just west of no. 4, and are called no. 5

48 A ring fragment

8/10Chamber β is opened; it is a medium-sized well-preserved chamber without niches. The clearing is begun, the vessels are drawn and taken out in the following order

4 Red Pol. hemisph. bowldiam 12.81
5 —"— amphora sphericalheight 15.72
3 —"— jug cut-away damagedheight 49.2
2 —"— —"—height 33.5
1 —"— hemisph. bowl damageddiam 14.0
6 —"— jug egg-shaped cut-awayheight 23.7
7 —"— —"— cut-awayheight 44.5
8 —"— —"— egg-shapedheight 28.2
9 —"— hemisph. bowldiam 14.2
11 —"— —"— —"— damageddiam 13.6
10 —"— jug damaged
12 —"— hemisph. bowldiam 13.6

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