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 125 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 125 of 133

Continued from p. 123

… excavations. The problem lies outside our task. It is nevertheless valuable to be able to establish that the excavated settlement was not an isolated phenomenon .

Pl. VIIIThe plan. E.C. I b

Regarding the house form, much has already been and essentially emphasized here above. The following comment on the plan will probably supplement the picture The house is oriented in north-north-west-south-south-east, i.e. with the facade facing towards the sea. To the south it is bounded by a semicircular wall whose eastern wing runs in a straight northerly direction while the western goes to the north-west. Hereby the house's characteristic irregular form is given. To the north the house is only partly bounded by a stone wall so that only the western third … continues

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