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

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

Page 27Scan 27 of 153

Tomb 405 Tomb 405.

26/11Regarding the dromos fill etc., see Γέρος's diary book. The western side of the dromos is stone-filled and turns out to be a broad doorway leading to a tomb chamber of slight depth. It has rather the shape of a trapezoidal niche than a chamber, since in its entirety it lies on the same level as the dromos floor. It contains a good many vessels which are photographed in situ, and also drawn and taken out

1. Red bowldiam 16.2
2 —"— badly damaged in packing
3 Red jugh. 14.5
4. Black ribbed trefoil jug—”— h. 14.8
5. —"— jug—”— h. 17.5
6. Painted amphora, wide and flat.h. 22.0

In no. 6 lay packed together a number of skeletal remains which are called skeleton no. 1. They had been carefully stuffed in there and must have arrived as a skeleton, not as a fresh corpse. The pot is unusually fine, with Salamis decoration. The skeleton … continues

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