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

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

Page 117Scan 118 of 153

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… of a cloverleaf jug. Both the amphora and the hydria cracked during lifting, as they stood up to the shoulders in petrified chavara.

1.Red painted trefoil jugheight 20.0
2Painted amphora damaged— ” — height c. 35.5
3Red painted bowldiam 11.9
4— ” — Red painted bowl— ” — diam 12.6
5Painted hydria damagedheight c. 40.0
6}Red painted bowls (fragments) in ash
7}

Finds nos. 3 and 4 lay in amphora no. 2. A stratum of petrified chavara recurred near the back wall. Along this, and wholly or partly within the petrified layer, lies a skeleton in dorsal position with the head toward the east. The petrification appears to be a slowly progressing process that advances from the surface downward. The skeleton cannot be saved, and the clearing is broken off. The grave is drawn.

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