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Field photograph·C00410·1927

Tomb 317, dromos at Lapithos

Dromos leading down to the dark entrance of Tomb 317 at Lapithos
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00410. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A stepped, sloping dromos is cut down into pale soil and ends at the dark opening of a tomb chamber in the centre. Loose stones lie in the soil around the cut, and a heap of excavated earth rises along the top edge. Stacked boxes and a pale rounded object sit on the spoil at the upper right.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Stepped dromos leading down to the dark entrance of Tomb 317 at Lapithos
Description, scan 2
A stepped dromos, a passage cut down into pale soil, runs toward a dark, rounded tomb entrance at its far end. Several steps lead down the centre of the cut, with straight sides and loose stones along the edges. At the upper right, a stack of dark boxes sits on the ground beside a heap of excavated earth, with scrubby vegetation beyond.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Tomb 317, dromos. Lapithos.

Swedish, as on the record

Grav 317, dromos. Lapithos. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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