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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 48 of field diary DII:1a (Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba), handwritten in Swedish, with drawings. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:1a, Public domain (CC0).

Page 51Scan 48 of 178

Continued from p. 3

… on the original door packing. The shape of the chamber is narrow and low, and a long passage leads from the chamber to the actual door packing, which we therefore approach from behind (cf. tomb 6, the so-called chamber δ)

Tomb 13.

20/10Regarding photography and drawing see the diary of 19/10-27. The tomb has an unusually deep dromos, which is oriented roughly north–south. It has four door packings placed and named according to the sketch below

Plan of a dromos with rounded end and four rectangular markings along its walls
DrawingPlan of a dromos with rounded end and four rectangular markings along its walls

Chamber α is opened and proves to be a tomb of exceptional dimensions and fittings. Six niches line the walls, three on each side of a parallelepiped "column" in the middle of the back wall. Large quantities of the rock have fallen from

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