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 40 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 37Scan 40 of 133

Continued from scan 39

… As the list shows, find no. 1.

the clearing of the tomb went on between 26/9 - 4/10 1928. In the dromos' south long wall there is a niche cut in beside the gateway. It has collapsed and is without cover stones, but nevertheless contains a well-preserved skeleton in dorsal position, as well as pieces of a pot, no. 93-

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