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 122 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).

Page 121Scan 122 of 133

and of roughly constant thickness. E.C. I a the floor does not begin until met 2.20, but on the second si- de it extends somewhat further west than the upper floor, to c. meter 11.10. Its total length is thus 8.90. The upper surface is relatively even, with the exception of a minor hollow in the middle and a slight lowering in the western part, approximately horizontal. The lower boundary is, however, highly irregular: in part it rests directly on the rock, in part on uneven fill-layers. The hearth sunk into the floor is cut by the section along its greatest length. This floor, and in part also the underlying fill layer (layer V), are cut through by the foundations of the west wall. It should be noted that the last metre of the drawing is an extended cross-section around axis b. This section shows … continues

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