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

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

Unnumbered pageScan 15 of 153

no. 38 Gold earring

It is the counterpart of no. 36, which, however, lay in the other part of the chamber, evidently pushed aside at the new burial. Right beside find 38 lay a round stone button which is of exactly the same size as the gold sheets that had come to light earlier. The sheets had evidently been used as an overlay. It will be no.

39 Stone buttondiam 2.0

Beneath the pelvis of skeleton no. 2 lies a smashed skull (no. 6) together with some bones; next to these, no.

40 Gold sheet square–
41 – " – w. Egyptian female face
42 Animal-shaped vase (goat)length 16.9

The head and the body of no. 42 lay in separate places

43 Aryballos w. funnel-shaped neckheight 7.7
44 – " – – " – – " –– ” – height 5.9
45 Red amphoriskos– ” – height 8.1
46 Circular gold sheet
47 Bronze ring

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