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 35 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 35 of 178

Continued from p. 6

10/10… a skeleton (no. 3): skull, forearm bones, badly damaged femur and a calf bone. It is drawn and packed. Without finds and without direct "Beigaben" Chamber B, which lacked a cover stone for the door, begins to be cleared. It appears to have been excavated already, as the fill is quite loose. A thin layer of silted earth covers the rest of the fill, measuring just over 30 cm in thickness. Over the laspiytan a few sherds and bones stuck up. The chamber proved to be empty. No burial has been made there; it is moreover too small. At the middle of the back wall lay a heap with disordered bones, and otherwise the fill held only 5-6 st. sherds. There is no doubt that it was used as an ossuary and rubbish chamber.

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