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 23 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 23 of 178

Tomb 4 Tomb 3

30/9-1/10 The tomb is excavated gradually, so that the dromos' the fill ground plan is cleared . The dromos fill is without stratification and the dromos is relatively small. It has the usual rectangular shape with a semicircular termination at the east north short side. Only one a door stone packing and that on the north short side. The dromos is cleared and made ready for drawing, measuring and photographing .

4/10The tomb is levelled in and photographed, and is drawn.

13/10The tomb chamber is opened and the clearing is begun. The chamber is extremely small and the vessels rather badly damaged by a minor roof collapse. Of the skeleton there remain only a handful of small pieces. Beneath each skeleton there is a 2-3 cm thick lime bed.

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