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 109 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 19Scan 109 of 178

1/10Chamber α opened. It is not a tomb only a small deposit chamber which is soon cleared out.

3/10The chamber is drawn and the vessels are taken out.

1. Red Pol. hemisph. bowldiam 14
2 Black Pol. incised bowldiam 10,9
3 Red Pol. incised jugheight 12,8
4 Bronze pinlength 13,1
5 Red Pol. jug badly damaged (in packet)
6 Black Pol. incised bowl damageddiam 7,2

That the deposition chamber lies symmetrically laid out with the two other tomb chambers is, so far as is known, unique.

Chamber γ is extremely small and holds the skeleton of an infant placed in the south corner of the chamber. A good number of small vessels accompany the body. The tomb is drawn and the vessels are taken out

1. Red Pol. hemisph. bowldiam 12,5
2 —"— incised jugheight 22,8
3 Black Pol. incised bowldiam 11,5
4 Red Pol. hemisph. bowldiam 8,8
5 —"— incised jug damaged

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