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

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

Page 5Scan 136 of 153

5/11The rain has caused further devilment, but has not done any irreparable damage. From Tomb 18 the two remaining vessels were saved:

25Red Pol. hemisph. bowldiam 16.3
26— ” — ” — Red Pol. hemisph. bowldiam 17.0

When they were taken out, they lay encircled in the middle of the chamber, but originally they were placed by the pithos sherds with the skeleton, where they were also drawn in With this, this tomb is finished. It is an E.C. III Tomb 16 is continued and the following are taken out

105Black Slip flat bowl w. handlediam 14.2
106White Painted jugheight 17.0
107— ” — White Painted jugheight 21.4
108Red Pol. amphora high handleheight 15.5
109Bronze knifelength 17.0
110— ” — Bronze knifelength 14.2
111Bronze daggerlength 35.7
1122 pcs bronze ringsdiam 2.1diam 3.2
113Spindle whorl of stonediam 5.4

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