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 116 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).

Unnumbered pageScan 116 of 178

nevertheless in the numbering 27 Sherds of a large pithos Apart from this burial there were the remains of a lying skeleton, in the eastern part of the chamber

8/10On the dromos, the north short wall, there is a dep. kam- mare; it is cleared and the contents are taken out

1 Red Pol. jug height 13,6

2 Black Pol. incised bowl badly damaged (in packet)

The tomb dates from E.C. III

Cont. from 115 (19 B)

62 Red Pol. jug damagedheight 28
63 Black Pol. miniature vessel damaged (in box)
64 Bronze spirals .

Thereby the chamber is emptied. In the small niche in its western part lie the remains of an infant's body, on the chamber floor skeletal remains were also established before the heavy rain, but they were completely destroyed. The chamber lacks larger bronzes; the only ones present are no. 64 (if these are bronze); probably the whole has been a child's tomb. This is also suggested by the small dromos and the small miniature chambers.

It dates from the turn between E.C. and M.C.

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