Field diary·DII:1b·1927–1928

Lapithos, KastrosErik Sjöqvist

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Handwritten in Swedish. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 10 of field diary DII:1b (Lapithos, Kastros), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:1b, Public domain (CC0).

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Tomb 403.

Dromos is was cleared earlier (see Γέναρs diary)

22/11In the dromos, at the north end, a flight of stairs leads down four steps, so that the tomb builders could quickly reach the required depth and avoid the trouble of a long dromos. (Compare Myk. tomb VIII, first necropolis, Asine.) The gateway is of approximately the same breadth as the dromos and almost round. A thick chavara-mixed earth layer covered the find layer. The clearing is begun. In the south-west corner of the chamber, find objects were found, find no.

✓ 1. GOLD SHEET with Egyptian female head

✓ 2. 3 pcs gold sheet rosettes of Mycenaean type.

About 0.10 m deeper, skeletal remains were found in situ. Directly below the find spot lay the skull and the neck. On further clearing, 0.30 m north of these, a companion to no. 1, namely no. 3, a gold sheet with an Egyptian female head was found. … continues

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