Photograph·pht_01824·20th c.

Rock tombs, Paphos

Rock-cut tomb in Paphos with a dark opening beneath a carved stone face and a sloping passage below
Photograph: 1900–99. pht_01824. "Rock tombs, Paphos". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

Description

A dark rock-cut opening fills the centre of the view, with a band of carved stone face along the top edge and a small tree at the upper right. A sloping, pale-floored passage runs up from the lower right toward the entrance. The ground in the foreground is dark and uneven, with scattered rubble.

English

A rock-cut tomb at the Tombs of the Kings, Paphos. A carved stone face runs across the top, a dark opening lies beneath it, and a sloping passage descends toward the lower right.

Title in CVAR's catalogue

Rock […] Tombs -Paphos.

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Inscribed centre right of album: Rock […] Tombs - Paphos.

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