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 110 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 110 of 178

List continued from p. 19

6Red pol. beak-spouted jugheight19.8
7— ” — Red hemisph. bowldiam9.8
8— ” — — ” — — ” Red hemisph. bowl inciseddiam9.8
9.Black Pol. incised bowl .diam8.6
10— " — — " — — " — damaged
11.Red Pol. incised jugheight10.6

In the earth thrown out, 2 glass-paste beads were found during sieving, which will become no. 12. 2 pcs. beads (in cylindrical box)

Like the other child tombs it lacks bronzes Bronzes in connection w. child burial have only occurred once, namely in tomb 13 a (diary p. 69) where hair ornaments lay on top of a child's skull.

Chamber β is the main chamber, likewise relatively small. A niche opens to the west. Some skeletal remains are not yet visible, since the whole floor surface is covered with vessels, all fine early M.C. vessels. So that the clearing of the cramped chamber can be continued, the following vessels are drawn and taken out

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