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

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

Unnumbered pageScan 101 of 153

Tomb 422

26/3The chamber is not intact. It is half filled with earth, and above the earth layer lie a large number of foreign stones The tomb is connected with two other chambers, and it is evidently through one of these that the plunderers forced their way in, when the gateway was in situ. The architecture is extremely striking and well preserved. There are two tomb chambers whose dividing wall has collapsed, and through the door to the western one the intruders came and superficially disturbed both chambers. The western chamber is called tomb 425. In the evening some gold finds are taken out of tomb 425, as they lie close to the surface. They are to be later

27/3cataloguing etc. In tomb 422 the eastern wall is also broken through, and a connection has been opened with a third tomb, east of 422. From this one, which appears to lie higher than 422, an earth collapse has flowed in and covered … continues

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