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 86 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 86 of 153

Continued from p. 85

… head to the north and resting on a stone. At the shoulder lies a vessel. Skeleton 2 lies partly beneath skeleton 3. Skull and femur lie free. Skeleton 3 with the head on the right side, with the trunk flat and the legs in a slightly drawn-together position. It lies face down over no. 2. The bodies are drawn and photographed and taken out. On removal of skeleton no. 2, further remains of no. 3 come to light. The pot is lifted:

1.Painted egg-shaped jug somewhat damaged height 33.0

The clearing of the dromos is continued /.

In the dromos both to 417 and 420 fin-secondary burials are found. In 417 the skull lies right next to the door-packing and the rest of the skeleton appears to continue into it. The skull is taken out so that the clearing can be continued, and is measured in relation to fixed 0-point (nail in the wall). Its position is in figures

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