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 50 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).

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16. Two small flint fragments in the hearth at a depth of 0.40 m.

17. A small fragment of a polished stone tool of green-black hard stone, l. 2.0, probably from an axe. B12 [Stora Profilen] bottom layer. In the hearth the layer 40-50 is now being cleared, west side, containing only Neolithic ware. On the next level there also lie stones closer towards the centre of the hearth, which appear to have fallen from the edge kerbing. Further down, in the transverse trench I, in square E9 the bottom layer next to the chavara [100-120] contains a few Neolithic sherds among the predominantly majority of Red Pol. Here there is also 18 a flint flake l 2.0 [E9, dj 115]. When the eastern half of the hearth was cleared down to 50 cm. depth, further descent was prevented owing to a collapsed stone setting, so the work is postponed until the camera has arrived. In the sieve from this layer, 19 two small fragments of burnt bone are found. … continues

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