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 46 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 46 of 178

Continued from p. 3

… which do not come to expression in the above summary enumeration. The tomb dates from Early Cypriote II.

As to the position of the skeletons and the number of bodies it is difficult to say anything. It nevertheless appears that there are two skeletons, one to the right and one to the left, and in the middle by the back wall remains of an animal body (ox?). The clearing is continued. –

15/10The bones are drawn and photographed. The following came to light: to the left in the chamber a human skeleton on and around a stone setting (nr. 1); at the back wall a horse skeleton or parts of one, whose well-preserved ~~[? bog]~~ femur is being plastered; to the right at the back wall a dog skull badly destroyed together with 2-3 other bones; to the right of the entrance a human skeleton (no 2) on a stone setting of 6 stones. These stones are placed in an angle, from which one may conclude that the skeleton sat with its back to the entrance. None of the human skeletons is worth plastering.

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