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Field photograph·C00014·1927

Tomb 305 at Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba

Tomb 305 at Lapithos seen from above during excavation, with pottery vessels lying inside the tomb chamber.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00014. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An opening into a tomb chamber, seen from above, cut into pale excavated earth. Inside the dark chamber lie several rounded pottery vessels, a small cup and a few loose stones among the soil. A dark rounded shape at the left may be a broken vessel rather than a skull.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 305 at Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba: tomb chamber with objects and stones, during excavation.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)