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 77 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 77 of 133

The skulls 1 and 2 and various parts of the skeleton in the amphora are being plastered. The tomb is extremely rich in pottery, all 800s. Plates in particular occur in abundant quantity, c. 40 pcs. As for the actual arrangement of the offerings, the following can be reconstructed: the plates 66-73 must have stood in a stack as a lid on the amphoriskos 63, and at the swelling and the filling of the tomb with water the pot has tipped over the whole stack, which now lies standing on edge in a patchy mixed clay layer (layer 5). On top of body no. 3, which is the last burial, no grave goods have been placed - what lay on top of him at the excavation is clearly carried there by the water - but his rich offerings lie well arranged around him. On his hands he has a finger ring and on his feet 5 toe rings.

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