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 125 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).

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… vessels were damaged, smashed to pieces and the pieces scattered throughout the chamber. They probably derive from some 40-50 vessels and are all packed in one crate, as small boxes will not suffice.

Tomb 21. [Myres' tomb]

The dromos is imposing and very deep. Its fill contained masses of sherds and was very loose owing to the excavation of 1913. It has two chambers, a smaller one to the east, α, and a large one to the south, β, both probably excavated .

4/11Chamber α is a small chamber with a niche facing north. It was earth-filled but held no finds except some sherds and two bronze fragments. It is drawn and refilled.

6/11Chamber β is a large and well-preserved chamber of an unusually fine type. Its back wall is divided in the middle by a projecting rectangular stone pillar in the same way as … continues

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