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 56 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 56 of 178

Continued from p. 15

… ones collects the sherds in boxes under a uniform heading. A few more skeletal remains came to light, which strengthens the hypothesis about the skeleton position (remains of the skull and upper extremi-

28. Red Pol. askos damaged, length 17 In the middle among the remains of skeleton no. 1 lies the femur of an ox Among the beads of the necklace there are also two smaller bronze pieces which are perforated. These have evidently belonged to the clasp fastener (as the clasp in tomb 6 α). The necklace is relatively easy to take care of and can gradually be reassembled once the beads have been drawn and numbered. The beads are re-strung in numerical order.

29 Red Pol. incised amphora height 18.2

30 —"— hemisph. bowl damaged diam. c. 13

31 Bronze pin length 10.6

The necklace appears

32 Neck ornament of 35 beads and 2 bronze spirals

During the lifting one bead cracked and the parts were recovered

33.Bronze bowl length 5.5

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