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 21 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 21 of 153

28/Tomb 401.

The tomb has a small, short dromos which ends in a large tetragonal gateway. The dromos fill is homogeneous and contains a number of geometric sherds. The chamber is filled with earth up to the roof, and the clearing has begun. In the gateway itself lay the following:

1. Black ribbed trefoil jugdamagedheight 20.3
2 Trefoil jug badly damaged in parcel
3 — " — " — " —" —height 14.3
4 Painted plate w. 2 handlesdiam 13.1
5 — " — " — " —damaged—” — diam c. 23
6 Ring vase w. animal protomes. —" —.diam c. 25
7 Black ribbed trefoil jug.height 15.0
8 — " — " —— ” — height 10.8
9 — " — " —— ” — height 13.8
10 — " — " —— ” — height 10.8
11. Painted amphoriskos— ” — height 13.8
12 Red round lekythos— ” — height 7.0
13 Painted amphora— ” — height 27.3
14 Black ribbed trefoil jug— ” — height 22.7
15 Painted plate— ” — height 17.8

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