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 86 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 85Scan 86 of 133

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… appears at meter 3 is a section through one of the "ditches" that surround certain tomb groups (see above). The section runs on without interest to about meter 10, where among the other later pottery material a couple of spatter sherds of painted Neolithic ware are found at a depth of 50-60. A limited remnant of a floor level lies around meter 14. It extends across the entire width of the section trench and disappears on the opposite side of the trench. It is of the same type as the upper floor level in the Early Cypriote house (see below), i.e. of fist-sized unhewn stones packed in smaller chip fragments, pebbles and hard-rammed earth. A couple of larger stones delimit it to the west, also a feature that it shares with the corresponding parts of the E.C. House. To date it with certainty is difficult … continues

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