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 30 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 30 of 153

Continued from p. 29

… unfortunately. The chamber is namely half filled with earth, and on top of the earth layer lie stones from the doorway packing. The earth is cleared out and it turns out that the chamber is absolutely empty: οὔτε ἀγγεῖα οὔτε κόκκαλα οὔτε τίποτε Section and plan are laid out. The chamber is very beautiful with a shallow tetragonal niche in the middle of the back wall. No trace of a gabled roof, or the like.

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