Field diary·DII:1d·1928

Idalion and Lapithos, PlakesErik Sjöqvist

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Handwritten in Swedish. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 112 of field diary DII:1d (Idalion and Lapithos, Plakes), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

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

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Pl. VII… the clays and the height figures on the general plan. a - the section lies one metre west of the just-commented-upon ö. We find ourselves now within the area of E. C. I b - the house as seen from the floor stratum which lies highest in the section (layer II). It is loosely mixed with stones in its first extent but then passes into lighter and somewhat looser earth which fills the sunken pocket with which the layer ends: a post hole. The hole itself is surrounded by a shallow circular cut, which is filled with the same sort of earth as the hole, which is of unusually strong dimensions. The post's purpose and construction shall in a later context be taken up for discussion.

Layer III is a Schutt layer from E. C. I a, whose floor stratum has nevertheless not yet been reached. It is unusually rich at this point, since the ground surface … continues

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