Field photograph·C00068·1927

Tomb 313 b at Lapithos, tomb chamber with skeleton during excavation

This field photograph shows human remains.

Tomb chamber at Lapithos during excavation, with long bones of a skeleton lying in dark soil — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00068. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Long bones of a skeleton lie in dark, loose soil inside an excavated tomb chamber, with the arm and leg bones scattered and partly bedded in the earth. A rounded pale object sits in a dark hollow at the left edge, and light patches of soil or stone lie on the ground around the bones.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 313 b at Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba: tomb chamber with a skeleton and stones, during excavation.

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