Field photograph·C00407·1927

Tomb 309 at Lapithos, tomb chamber with a skeleton, during excavation

This field photograph shows human remains.

Tomb 309 at Lapithos: rock-cut tomb chamber during excavation, with bone remains on the floor at the right — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00407. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Interior view of a rock-cut tomb chamber, with a dark recess opening in the rock wall on the left and a second, deeper niche on the right. Small pale fragments, possibly bones, lie in a row on the floor of the right-hand recess. The walls are rough, crumbling rock and the ground in front is loose, sandy soil.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 309 at Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba: tomb chamber with a skeleton, during excavation.

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