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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 142 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 20Scan 142 of 178

List continued from p. 143

37Black Pol. incised spindle whorldiam3.4
38White painted cup w. handle—”— diam12.5
39—”— —”— —”— White painted cup w. handle—”— diam6.6
40Black Pol. incised ? spindle whorl—”— diam4.5
41White painted pointed aryballheight12.0obs
42Red Pol. beaked jug—”— height14.2
43—”— Red hemisph. bowldiam11.5

In vessel no. 43 lay a well-preserved human lower jaw. (Skeleton no. 1)

44.Black slip jugheight39.2
45Red Pol. jug badly damaged (in packet)
46—"— " - damagedheight21.0
47White shaved (?) flat bottle—”— height22.9
48White P. beaked jug—”— height16.5
49Red Pol. jug badly damaged

4/11An interesting concentration of finds was photographed at the middle of the back wall, and the following were taken out

50Bronze dagger+length32.5
51—”— Bronze dagger+length29.5
52Bronze knife+—”— length15.2
53—”— Bronze knife+—”— length7.4
54Tweezers damaged+—”— length7.1

cont. on p. 146

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