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

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

Page 13Scan 144 of 153

22 α niche 3 No skeletal remains.

The following finds

0 59Whetstonelength 5.2
0 60Bronze axelength 16.4
0 61— ” — Bronze axe— ” — length 19.5
0 62— ” — Bronze axe— ” — length 16.7
0 63Bronze pin

At the doorway lay the following

64Red Pol. hemisph. bowldiam 16.4
65— ” — ” — ” — Red Pol. hemisph. bowl— ” — diam 15.9
66Red Pol. tripod badly damaged (in packet)
67Spindle whorldiam. 3.4

23/11Chamber γ is not a tomb but merely a deposition chamber, yet as such of unusually large dimensions. It is cleared and its contents are taken out:

1Red Pol. incised bowldiam 11.0
2— ” — ” — Red Pol. jug, damagedheight 13.8
3— ” — ” — Red Pol. miniature jugheight 8.8

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