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 71 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 71 of 178

26/10Chambers γ-δ are opened. Between them is a vault-shaped passage which evidently was constructed and not caused by collapse; the chambers are small and are treated as one context. A quantity of chavara from the roof covers the find layer, which holds larger Red Pol. vessels. The clearing is begun. Chamber δ has a niche from which the door to γ leads. There are no skeletal remains there, but the following deposit:

1. Red Pol. hemisph. bowldiam 11.2
2. Red Pol. jugheight 51.2
3. Red Pol. jugheight 32.4
4. Bronze scraper leaf-shapedlength 12.1
5. Bronze dagger } in the same boxlength 21.9
6. Bronze tweezers }length 15.2

In the chamber itself at δ the following lay:

7. Wh painted amphora damagedheight c. 23
8 Red Pol. incised jug (neck of)height c. 11
9 Red Pol. jug badly damaged (in packet)
10 — 〃 — — 〃 — — 〃 — — 〃 —
11 — 〃 — — 〃 — — 〃 — — 〃 —
12 Red Pol. hemisph. bowl badly damaged (in packet)
13 Red Pol. amphora ugly & clumsyheight 12.5

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