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 45 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 45 of 153

Tomb 411. [page number: 45]

30/11The dromos is of mixed Mycenaean-Cypro-Cypriot type and comparatively poor in sherds. It has only one chamber. At the same level as the uppermost stones in its doorway packing ran along the whole dromos a simple layer of cobbles evidently laid there as fill by the tomb builders. It is drawn, photographed and removed. The dromos is remarkably deep in relation to its length, a Cypriot feature. The floor is cleared and the doorway packing emerges

1/12The door packing is undoubtedly in situ. It is drawn, photographed and removed. The chamber is well preserved and undisturbed, filled with beautiful vessels. No particular grouping is noticeable. Collapsed rock and other fill is removed, and the vessels are taken out in the following order:

1 Painted amphora (water-filled) height 49.5

2 — " — w. at neck -"- 47.8

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