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 40 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 40 of 178

List continued from scan 39

6. Red Pol. jug sleewed neckheight
7. Red Pol. jug somewhat damaged in the neckheight 17.3 cm

Otherwise scattered sherds and bone fragments lie abundantly in the fill. They are taken out as they come.

8. Red Pol. jug sleewed neckheight 22.3 cm
9. Bronze tweezerslength 6.1 cm
10. Bronze tongs } togetherlength 5.2 cm
11. Hairpin }length 12.3 cm
12 Bronze spiral (3 pieces)length 1.7 cm
13 Bronze pin w. headlength 21 cm
14. Spindle whorldiam 4.3 cm
15. Hairpin (bent)length c. 10 cm
16. Bronze knifelength 14.5 cm
17. Red Pol. amphoriskosheight 9.5 cm
18 — ″ — jug sleewed neckheight 32.5 cm

With continued clearing it turned out that chamber D was the back chamber of an adjoining tomb whose back wall had collapsed, and so a connection had arisen between 2 separate tombs. We are therefore digging from the other side to clarify the door blocking (see diary for 15/10-27)

18/10 19. Bronze knifelength 12
20. Bronze pinlength 10

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