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 53 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 53 of 133

26The northern long wall is partly shored up with stone, and also raw brick can be traced. In the middle of the pit lies a stone heap. The earth is heavily mixed with chavara, and extremely hard packed. The sherd material is very scanty: a few Neolithic, a few Red Polished and a few Geometric. No stratification Whether it is an ordinary tomb dromos or something Neolithic is an open question. In the earth from this section comes a small, worked flint sherd l. Deeper down, 0.80 m below the level of the rock, however, a couple of Geometric sherds are found in this layer, otherwise free of sherds. With that the question should be settled.

27In Δ4 at a depth of 110, a larger piece of worked flint, l. 4.1 cm, is found.

In order to excavate Γ2, where the western part of the dromos is situated, the part of the section that is to be removed is drawn

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