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Field photograph·C00024·1927

Tomb 308 at Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba, during excavation

Tomb 308 at Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba, during excavation, showing a rectangular tomb opening cut into the soil with a stone inside.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00024. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A rectangular opening cut straight down into packed soil forms the tomb chamber, its dark interior partly lit. A large flat stone lies inside near the middle, with smaller stones and loose earth heaped around the cut edges. No people or tools are visible.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 308 at Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba: tomb chamber with stones, during excavation.

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