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 157 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 157Scan 157 of 178

Tomb 23.

10/11The tomb lies in the middle of the area that served as a quarry in modern times, and has therefore been damaged to a high degree. Its dromos, which is oriented north-south, is hacked away on the northern short side. Nevertheless one can establish that this was straight and the dromos thus rectangular. From the dromos door-stones lead to four tomb-chambers: one to the east, α, one to the south, β, one to the west, γ, and one to the north, δ. Γ and δ are cut away from above and entirely filled in, α is partly damaged in the stomion itself and β appears fairly well preserved. The dromos fill consisted from top to bottom of similar chavara. Stratification is lacking. Pottery: a few Red Polished sherds. The whole dromos is considerably shallower than those of the surrounding tombs, likewise the chamber floor, i.e. the tomb in its entirety lies higher and has therefore been … continues

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