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

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

Page 127Scan 128 of 153

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… is begun. Stratification is lacking. A skeleton (no. 1) lies in the niche's length-direction with the skull to the west. It is as usual placed dorsally. As the chamber is very small and square 1 did not yield any stratification, the whole chamber is cleared without strictly following any grid division. The body rests on a bed of flint pebbles. The vessels and other finds are drawn in, photographed and taken out:

1Buccherokl. bl. kanna skadadhöjd 20.6
2—”— —”— —”— Buccherokl. bl. kanna skadad—”— höjd 17.6
3—”— —”— Buccherokl. bl. kanna skadad—”— höjd 19.1
4—”— —”— Buccherokl. bl. kanna skadad—”— höjd 24.6
5—”— —”— Buccherokl. bl. kanna skadad—”— höjd 21.8
6Målad tunnform. kanna—”— höjd 18.2
7Bichrome jug w. spout & basket handle—”— höjd 24.0
8—”— Bichrome kl. bl. (?) jug egg-shaped—”— höjd 16.4
9Buccherokl. bl. kanna—”— höjd 21.8
10Plain jug damaged—”— höjd 13.1
11Buccherokl. bl. kanna—”— höjd 21.0
12.Iron knife damaged (in no. 11)length 7.7

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