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Field photograph·C00622·1928

Tomb 8 at Vouni, interior

Interior of rock-cut Tomb 8 at Vouni, with a rectangular stone slab set into the back wall.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00622. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking into a rock-cut tomb chamber with pale, weathered rock walls curving up and over the top of the frame. A rectangular recess in the back wall holds a large dark stone slab, and a rough, uneven rock ledge runs across the lower foreground.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Interior of Tomb 8 at Vouni, showing rock-cut walls, a rectangular recess and a rough ledge along the floor.
Description, scan 2
The photograph shows the inside of a rock-cut tomb with a curved, rough-hewn ceiling and walls marked by tool traces and cracks. A large rectangular recess in the back wall holds a dark block or closed opening. A rough ledge or bench runs across the lower part of the chamber, its weathered stone surface uneven.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Tomb 8, interior. Vouni.

Swedish, as on the record

Grav 8, interiör. Vouni Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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