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 38 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 35Scan 38 of 133

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… pit dug, filled with disturbed topsoil, evidently traces of Richter's work. Above the gateway lies a stone that has collapsed from the upper layers, which has nothing to do with the closing of the door itself. Possibly placed to support the loose rock at this structurally weakest point. The gateway has been closed with two large parallelepipedic mud bricks. The gateway is remarkably low.

The chamber is completely collapsed in and filled. The stratification is as follows:

1.The classical low-period culture-earth, which at the collapse fell in a hammock-shaped layer

2.Roof collapse of disintegrated rock

3.A thin strip of dark earth

4.Further roof collapse.

5.Charcoal-mixed black clay

6.Gravel-mixed clay

7.Find layer

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