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 39 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).

Unnumbered pageScan 39 of 178

Continued from p. 41

… half the height. It is uncovered and cleared in and for photography etc.

11/10The door packing is photographed and measured in the section. In the section next to the door packing lies an extraordinarily well-preserved skull (no. 1. It lies on its left side with the crown facing towards the door packing. In order to be able to work further, the skull must be plastered and taken out. Beside it lay sherds of 2 hemispherical bowls which are also taken out and numbered.

1-2. 2 pcs hemisph. bowls badly damaged (in box)
3. Bronze daggerlength34.7 cm.
4. Bronze axe— ” — length13.4 "

A clear sequence of layers in the fill is established, from the top as follows: 1. Slammed clay; 2 roof collapse; 3 slammed clay; 4 next roof collapse; 5 bottom fill. The layers are le velled in. Skull 2, which lies in immediate proximity to skull 1, is plastered and likewise taken out, skull 3 at the eastern edge of the post. Both somewhat damaged. In addition, vessels are taken out.

no. 5 Light-on-dark(?) amphoriskosheight 11.5 cm.

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