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 62 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 61Scan 62 of 133

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… times, and whether the original form and construction will be reconstructed is doubtful.

no. 34The Neolithic level excavation is extended eastward in the square west of Δ 0, which for want of other numbers is called Δ 00. It too is divided into one-metre squares and dug in 10-cm levels. In the two southern one-metre squares of Δ 0 there runs a cutting into the rock c. 30 cm. broad and extending over the whole square. It is cleared in one context under a separate designation, in order to avoid misleading factors in the stratification analysis. As find number is registered a collection of flint flakes (32 pcs.) from the level excavation in Δ 0. In Δ 00, however, the attempt at Neolithic level excavation failed. A geometric grave dromos, which takes up the greater part of the square, has cut through the Neo- … continues

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