Field photograph·C00424·1927–28

Tomb 420 at Lapithos Kastros, dromos

Dromos of Tomb 420 at Lapithos Kastros, a narrow cut passage with stones at its far end — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00424. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A narrow excavated passage runs steeply between high earth walls, with a sloping floor of loose soil leading up to a pile of stones at the far end. Below the stones a small blocking of rounded stones fills the passage, and a few pale fragments lie on the soil. Scrub and bushes are visible at the top edge of the cutting, and no people are in view.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 420 at Lapithos Kastros: the dromos, with stones, during excavation.

Type: Field photograph
Number: C00424
Date: 1927–28 (Lapithos, Kastros (necropolis, Tombs 401-429): 18 November to 10 December 1927, and 14 March to early April 1928)
Photographer: John Lindros
Sites: Lapithos, Lapithos-Kastros
Excavation: Lapithos: the Swedish Cyprus Expedition
Tomb: Lapithos-Kastros, SCE Tomb 420
Published in: The Swedish Cyprus Expedition: Finds and Results of the Excavations in Cyprus 1927-1931, Vol. I (text)
Published as a figure in: The Swedish Cyprus Expedition: Finds and Results of the Excavations in Cyprus 1927-1931, Vol. I (text), p. 226, fig. 82
Holder's label: Lapithos Kastros T. 401-429, 1. Tomb 420, dromos.
Materials: black-and-white print, glass negative
Keywords: stones, tomb, excavation, tomb chamber
Held by: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm
Licence: Public domain (CC0) (our English text: CC BY 4.0)

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