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 113 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 113 of 153

List continued from p. 111

36. Painted platediam 19.2
37. White jug with footheight 16.7
38 Red plain jugheight 8.0
39 Painted spherical jugheight 11.4

Against the middle of the western long wall lay in one another, nris

40 Plain cup (handle missing)diam 8.5
41 Painted skyphosheight 8.5

The so-called skeleton no. 1 in the chamber's north-western corner, is a heaped-up pile of bones where 3 skulls are established; it is cleared and packed. In the course of this, find no

42 Plain strainer damageddiam
43 Plain jug on foot damagedheight 17.3
44 Earring of gold
45 — " —
46 — " — w. clapper

The three gold earrings are pairs to resp. find nos. 14, 15 and 16. The bone layer where these were found therefore derives from the skeletons that were later swept away.

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