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 115 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 117Scan 115 of 178

List continued from scan 114

17Red Pol. jugheight 38.5
18Red Pol spindle whorld. 4.6
19— ” — — ” — Red Pol spindle whorldi. 4.4
20— ” — Red miniature jugheight 12.0
21— ” — Red jugheight 43.1
22— ” — ” — Red jugheight 54.5
23— ” — Red amphora very damagedheight 34.0
244 pcs bronze pinslength 33, 33, 21.5, 22

In the western part of the chamber lie the remains of a skeleton resting on sherds of a large pithos. This part is kept for photographing.

4/11Photography etc. must be put off, as the chamber has been completely filled with silted clay by the rain. It is cleared out and the two remaining vessels are taken out.

25.Red Pol. hemisph. bowldiam 16.3
26— ” — — ” — Red Pol. hemisph. bowl— ” — diam 17,0

5/11The rain has again filled the chamber with silted clay to half its height. It is impossible to work in and the pithos sherds with the skeletal remains in the chamber's west part must wait for the time being. It is withdrawn.

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