Field diary·DII:1d·1928

Idalion and Lapithos, PlakesErik Sjöqvist

·

Handwritten in Swedish. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 93 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 93 of 133

Continued from p. 91

… of the prospective tomb dromos, while the rock debris from the cutting was thrown in the opposite direction (see section at 0). Since it is stone-free, it is also made quite clear that the Neolithic settlement's wall stones were deliberately set aside to be later used as door packing etc. for the tomb. This also gives the presence of Neolithic sherds right down to the bottom of the tomb dromos its satisfactory explanationx/).

Pl. IVTo return to the undisturbed Neolithic stratum: at its lower level it holds a number of stones, which lie somewhat on the slide inward toward the round bothros in square E 2. As can be seen from the plan and the section at metre 3, they served as a footing around the bothros. ^ x/)^ The dromos fill is pure chavara: not a trace of cultural earth. Nevertheless Neolithic sherds, which had therefore slipped down with the stones.

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