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 164 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 164 of 178

The large floor area is remarkably poor in finds. Even the sherds are few, and the great majority are in a very decayed condition. They derive in general from a pithos deposit below niche no. 3. The sherds are being sorted so that necks and bases, together with all incised sherds, are kept; the rest are thrown away.

21/11The clearing is continued during my absence. In the south corner of niche 4 a GOLD SPIRAL is found

22/11Niche no. 4 is cleared slowly and GOLDit begins to stream out. It appears in the form of spirals and pieces of such, and is of varying quality Outside niche 6 lies a deposit of beautiful bronzes and some ngr. smaller vessels. but no bones. The niche itself is empty. The deposit is photographed and drawn, and the objects are taken out

14Bronze axelength12.2
15Bronze pin— ” — length19.5

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