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 8 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 7Scan 8 of 178

Grave I.

30/9The dromos is rectangular and oriented north-south. Its long side is 2.55 m, its short side 1.72. In the middle of each long side is a door packing. The dromos fill is homogeneous and without stratification. Abundant pottery finds of Red Polished II-IV (?). To the north, on the short side, there is again one door packing, larger than those on the long sides.

1/10The tomb is cleared and put in order for drawing and photography. The various chambers are called α, β and γ according to the sketch below The dromos and doorway pack- (drawing) -ings are drawn, measured and photo- -graphed.

4/10The tomb is levelled

11/10Chamber β is opened and the clearing is begun On top of the fill, in the middle of the tomb, lies a vessel and a crouched figure to the right. In and- … continues

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