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 33 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 6Scan 33 of 178

List continued from p. 35

3. Red Pol. jug largeheight 51,5

[1-3 on top of the laspi layer]

Under the collapse layer the following lay. (The conclusion was wrong since the upper vessels floated up with the laspi)

4.Red Pol. jug badly damaged (in packet), which had to be taken out early so that the clearing could be continued.

6/10The clearing is continued, and under the collapse layer a skeleton is found beside the door with a Red Pol. bowl in its lap. The area is cleared carefully for photographing and drawing, and for plastering of the well-preserved skull. Only the jaw section of this appears somewhat damaged.

7/10The skeleton (Skeleton no. 1) is plastered and it is established that under the joint of one femur lay three sherds of a larger Red Polished vessel. The vessel in the knee is taken out:

5. Red Pol. hemisph. bowldiam. 18 cm.
6. Wh-Paint II amphoriskosheight 11.5 cm

Skeleton no. 2 is carefully exposed together with the surrounding vessels. They are photographed and drawn in situ. The skull lies with the neck … continues

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