Field photograph·C00748·1928

Tomb 11 at Milia, tomb chamber with skeleton during excavation

This field photograph shows human remains.

Tomb 11 at Milia: excavated tomb chamber floor with skeletal bones and small vessels in place — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00748. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A partly excavated tomb chamber floor of pale, rocky soil, with bone fragments scattered across the middle and right of the frame. A small rounded vessel stands on the floor near the centre, and a second vessel with a narrow neck lies among the bones at lower right. The chamber walls above are dark and mottled.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 11 at Milia: tomb chamber with a skeleton, during excavation.

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