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

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

Page 119Scan 120 of 153

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… of chavara or lime without decoration appears complete.

Once the gateway to the chamber had been cut through and its section drawn and opened, the whole interior is photographed before the clearing begins. Next to the stomion, in the dromos' bottom layer, a larger sherd-concentration is found, evidently swept out from earlier burials.

After the tomb plan was laid out and three interiors were photographed, the vessels standing nearest the door are taken out. These are

1.Painted amphoraheight 36.6
2.Bucchero trefoil jug— ” — height 27.2
3.— ” — ” — Bucchero trefoil jug— ” — height 37.3
4.Painted skyphos damageddiam 12.4
5.Red plain jugheight 24.4
6Red painted kylix— ” — height 12.5
7Double-conical stone buttondiam 1.6

The tomb is divided into squares in the usual way.

(drawing) The stratification of Square 1 consists only of a thin surface layer of gravel

Square chamber divided into four quadrants with dromos at bottom
DrawingSquare chamber divided into four quadrants with dromos at bottom

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