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 64 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 13Scan 64 of 178

List continued from p. 13

75 Bronze knife (in the same box as 74) length 19.4

76 Spindle whorl diam 6.2

77 Red Pol. hemisph. bowl diam 9.5

26/10The necklace is lifted fortunately so that its strands are followed as far as possible and updug out It lies on a slight slope, which is why the small beads-from the upper strand have fallen down and collected in the centre. Roughly in the following way the neckband has run. The area marked with dots was dug according to another method and the lines there are more unclear. Within this area and in the centre A a further clearing is made for small beads, which are placed in two small boxes

Curved line with a dotted area to the right and an enclosed area in the middle
DrawingCurved line with a dotted area to the right and an enclosed area in the middle

78 Necklace

Two further skeletons sit along the wall, from north to south, nos. 4 and 5. Both are clear sitting skeletons. The walls of the round chamber had thus been lined with 5 bodies that sat in a circle.

The northern niche holds the remains of a skeleton (no. 6). It appears to have lain on its back with the legs laid to one side, or else to have sat and fallen backwards. Its grave goods are taken out:

forts sid 84

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