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 9 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 1Scan 9 of 178

Continued from p. 7

… under the collapse layer lie numerous vessels as well as spar the same bone remains, which all of course indicates to 2 burials, since no silted clay is found in the fill and no flooding has therefore occurred in the chamber.

13/10The chamber is finished being cleared and is drawn. Above the collapse layer lay

No. 1 Red Pol. jug sleeved neck height 31 cm

and a skeleton (no. 1). The clearing is continued and a new plan of the lower layer is set up. The collapse layer is 20 cm thick. In the western part of the chamber the floor is covered with stones, on top of which the body nr 2 lay. As to the original position of the body it is impossible to say anything with certainty, since of the whole skeleton 2 only two damaged thighbones and minor parts of the skull remain. The vessels of the bottom layer were the following:

2.Red Pol. hemisph. bowl diam 13

3.Red Pol. amph. very damaged (in packet) height 27 cm 4 —"— hemisph. bowl diam. 15.5 cm 5 —"— —"— badly damaged (in packet) 6 } 7 } badly damaged vessels (in packet) (in 2 boxes) 8 }

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