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 117 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 117 of 133

Continued from p. 115

Pl. VII… further away, where only the ground level can be made out. Here too, therefore, the reconstruction is harmless. The same also applies to the boundary between the two fill layers V and VI and the end of the chavara piece mentioned in the earlier section description. In layer V lies a wedge of reddish half-burnt clay earth, embedded. a layer h. For this section the same in all essentials applies as for g. Since the wall stands to its full width, the area for the reconstruction of the stratification becomes somewhat broader. Because of the steeper slope of the rock, the fill layers are three in number (layers V–VII.) From outside a foreign layer projects into this fill. It is locally extremely limited (see below: "Northern long-section") and consists of a stone cluster packed in reddish half-burnt clay and pilós with scattered charcoal particles, which … continues

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