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

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

Page 43Scan 43 of 153

410 A.

30/11This chamber should most likely be regarded as a deposition chamber for 410. It opens niche-like from the eastern long side of the dromos immediately north of the stone-set earth embankment. In the corresponding position on its western long side is a shallow cutting made in the rock, evidently to make it easier to hew out the niche. The niche has an actual door packing, which is photographed, drawn and removed. The clearing is begun and it turns out that the chamber has only a small number of vessels and no skeleton whatsoever. A cupboard. The vessels are drawn and taken out in the following order and sequence:

1painted spherical jugheight11.2
2—”— painted kylix—”— height11.0
3—”— painted amphora—”— height49.5
4—”— painted hydria very damaged—”— heightc. 43
5—”— painted trefoil jug—”— height21.7

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