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 5 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 5 of 178

Continued from p. 3

… came to light at only 20 cm. below the ground surface. A ledge in the rock is followed successively. (Trial pit 11)

At the level of trial pit 2, 10 m north of and below the terrace wall, a trial pit (no. 12) was opened, where likewise a chamfer in the rock was found, resembling the side of a dromos. (Trial pit 12)

Trial pit 10. The trial pit turned out to lie just above a dromos of rectangular form. Red-polished II. At a depth of 1.10 metres, 54 cm from the dromos' eastern boundary and 29 cm. from its southern edge, were found one numerous sherds of a hemispherical (Red Pol. II) bowl, which were placed in a separate box.

15 m. north of trial pit 10 a new trial pit no. 13 was opened, which proved to expose the edge of a dromos.

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