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 158 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 23Scan 158 of 178

Continued from p. 157

… so badly damaged as it is

10/11Chamber δ which is completely filled in and lacks a cover-slab for its destroyed stomion is cleared from above. The fill contains slumped clay and rubble without clear stratification. The chamber is cleared and the vessels 1-12 are taken out.

1 Red Pol. jug damaged in packageheight c. 64
2 Bronze pin (in no. 1)length 10.5
3 White P. amphoraheight 21.0
4 Red Pol. beaked jug— ” — height 21.5
5 — 〃 — — 〃 —— ” — height 19.7
6 — 〃 — incised miniature jug } in— ” — height 7.0
7 Bronze tweezers } each otherlength 9.1
8 Bronze scraperlength 12.5
9 Bronze swordlength 43.5
10 Spindle whorl damaged
11 Red Pol. jug — 〃 — in package
12 — 〃 — — 〃 — 〃 —height c. 64

Through a collapse a connection has arisen between this chamber and tomb 20. This latter … continues

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