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 53 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 13Scan 53 of 178

20/10Chamber β is opened. It is a large chamber with 2 niches, one to the southwest and one to the north. Several pieces of the roof have collapsed in, especially to the left of the entrance. The vessels appear on the whole to be well preserved. They are Middle. In the northern niche a connection has arisen through a collapse with chamber γ. The clearing is begun. In the middle of the doorway lie two vessels which are immediately drawn and taken out, as they hinder the rest of the clearing.

1. Red pol. jug, incised handleheight 47.5
2 — " — , incised neck & handle” height 27.5

21/10During the clearing, a large glasspaste bead and a small bronze spring, which came out with the fill.

3. Glass paste bead and bronze ring
4. Black Pol. incised spindle whorldiam 4.
5 — " —damaged
6 Red Pol. — " — " —diam 4-
7 — " — " —diam 5.5
8-10 Glass paste beads 3 pcs

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