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 28 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 28 of 153

Continued from p. 27

… is almost complete except for the skull, and is of unusually heavy build

7.Red pelikeheight25.3
8Black ribbed trefoil jug– ″ – height36.2
9Painted plate w. 2 handlesdiam28.6
10— ″ — ″ — damaged
11Black ribbed trefoil jug badly damaged (in packet)
12Red bowl w. 3 handlesdiam15.7
13Plain jugheight18.7
14Black ribbed trefoil jug– ″ – height24.2
15Painted kylix– ″ – height20.4
16— ″ — ″ — Painted kylix on high foot– ″ – height17.6
17Double-conical stone buttondiam2.2

Along the length of the chamber lies a dorsally placed body in the middle of the chamber with the head to the north. It is called skeleton

nr 2

in the north part of the dromos there is a peculiar niche-like undercutting in the rock which served as a burial chamber. It contains a body lying on its back together with a pot which is numbered 405, niche: 1 The skeleton is packed

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