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 26 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 5Scan 26 of 178

Continued from p. 25

18-19/10… in the chavara fill. The clearing is continued In the course of the clearing a number of badly damaged vessels were found piled on top of one another in the western part of the chamber, and remains of a skeleton with a well-preserved skull. in the eastern one. The skeleton and pots are drawn in and levelled. The section is laid across the vessel pile. The skull is plastered. The skeleton has sat. The vessels are taken out successively

1.Red Polished jug with spout (somewhat damaged) height 17.5

2.— " — incised female idol. " 29.0

3.Red Polished hemisph. bowl damaged diam c. 10

4.R — " — jug badly damaged (in packet)

5.Black Pol. incised bowl s — " — diam 9.5

6.Red Polished incised amphoriskos damaged (in packet) height 13.5

7.— " — jug badly damaged (in packet)

8.— " — " — " —

9.Bronze dagger length 16.2

10.Red Pol. hemisph. bowl badly damaged (in packet

11.— " — jug — " — (in box) 12 — " — " badly damaged (in box) height c. 30

In the middle of the disordered heap of vessels lie … continues

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