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Field photograph·C00413·1927

Tomb 307 at Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba, during excavation

Tomb 307 at Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba, during excavation, showing a dark rectangular tomb opening cut into the soil
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00413. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking down onto an excavated tomb at Lapithos: a rectangular cut in the earth and rock leads to a dark opening, with a smaller hollow above it. Small white boxes and loose stones lie on the surrounding soil, and a diagonal shadow crosses the lower left corner.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 307 at Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba: tomb chamber with stones and boxes, during excavation.

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