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Field photograph·C00030·1927

Tomb 313 a at Lapithos, tomb chamber with objects and stones during excavation

Tomb 313 a at Lapithos: interior of a rock-cut tomb chamber with arched niches, two stone slabs on the floor and a vessel in a niche
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00030. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Interior view of a rock-cut tomb chamber with a sloping, earthen floor and walls cut into the rock. Several arched niches open in the walls, and a small pale vessel with a handle sits in the left niche. Two flat stone slabs lie on the floor, and a scatter of pottery sherds lies near the right-hand wall.

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  • Rock-cut tomb chamber at Lapithos with vessels in wall niches and two stones on the floor during excavation
Description, scan 2
Interior of a rock-cut tomb chamber with its soft earthen walls cut into several niches. A small pale vessel sits on a ledge at left, and darker vessels lie in the arched niches above. Two flat pale stones lie on the earthen floor, with a few broken sherds near the lower right corner.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 313 a at Lapithos, Vrysi Tou Barba: tomb chamber with objects and stones, during excavation.

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