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 28 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 28 of 178

Continued from p. 5

… in the western part of the chamber (nr 1), and two others close together on a flat stone in its eastern part (nr 2 and 3). The latter lie in the bottom layer , the former up in the fill.

19/1018/10Chamber B is opened. Even behind this doorway packing, the stratification of the dromos fill continues. The chamber is filled with collapse and chavara. After the preparatory clearing, it is drawn, photographed and taken out. Follows.

1. Red Pol. hemisph. bowl.diam 11.7
2 — " — jug badly damaged. (in package)
3 — " — hemisph. bowl (in package)
4. — " — jug damaged "
5 — " — — " — " —

20/10The clearing is continued and several vessels show higgledy-piggledy in the fill, among them a half giant pithos with remains of a skull in it.

21/10A number of vessels are drawn in and levelled, and are taken out:

6. Red Pol. hemisph. bowl badly damaged.
7 — " —diam 12.2
8. Red Pol. jug badly damaged (in package)
9. Red Pol. amphora with bevelled baseheight 45.5

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