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 95 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 97Scan 95 of 178

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… so a child's tomb, which explains the circumstance that no bronzes (for men: knife, dagger, razor, tweezers etc, for women: hair ornaments, dress pins etc.) occur at all The tomb is from E.C. II I-II

Tomb 9

29/10The tomb lies quite close to tomb 8 (c. 3 m. west) and has a narrow and long dromos whose fill showed no stratification of any kind. It contained Red Polished sherds in quantity. Two chambers are present, the eastern α and the northern β, both with small tetragonal entrances, which slope steeply downward Chamber β is opened. It is a small and beautiful chamber with three niches, one to the east, one to the north, one to the west. The rock has held up excellently and the vessels, which are all beautiful Red Polished II appear well preserved. The clearing is begun and … continues

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