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 113 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).

Unnumbered pageScan 113 of 133

Continued from p. 111

… from the same period just here there is a considerable hollow as seen from the longitudinal sections. This ground level is marked by the upper limitation of the next layer - for the sake of continuity called layer V. The steeply sloping rock is covered by a fill layer of stone- and chavarak-mixed clay, layer VI.

Pl. VIIb, c and d lie to the west in the order just mentioned and at a distance of one metre from one another. They speak for themselves. From b onwards the sections also cut the E.C.Ia-floor, which here, as in the transverse section, is termed layer IV. Its extent and its ground level are illustrated by the sections Otherwise only the following legend is needed:

I.Arable soil (present ground surface not drawn)

II.E.C.Ib - floor stratum

III.E.C.Ia cultural layer

IV.E.C.Ia - floor stratum V-VI. Fill and bottom layers

Earth composition and character … continues

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