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 4 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 3Scan 4 of 178

29/9Trial pit 5, whose fill did not show any stratification but contained scattered sherds of Red Polished II and III, turned out not to be a tomb but a well or g bothros. It was cleared to a depth of 1 m.

Trial pit 7. The excavation was continued and a dromos-like recess was found in the rock face and followed gradually. In the fill, which appears undisturbed, lie a few sherds of Red Polished II and III.

Trial pit 10 next to the terrace wall. A dromos was found, which continues in under the terrace-wall. The fill appears undisturbed and holds R.P. II. In it, 15 cm. below the rock's level, 1.09 m. from the dromos' eastern boundary-edge, next to the terrace wall, a mortar stone of green-black stone was found. In line with trial pits 7-8-9 another was opened (no. 11). The rock … continues

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