Field photograph·C00781·1928
Trachonas, T.1 dromos
Description
A stepped passage, or dromos, runs steeply down between high stone side walls to the facade of tomb T.1 at Trachonas. A dark doorway sits low in the squared stone facade, below a large block that caps the top of the wall. A tree and dry scrub stand at the upper right, with hills in the distance.
Other scans of this record (3)
- Description, scan 2
- A stepped passage with stone-lined sides runs steeply down towards the dark doorway of a tomb set into a squared stone-block facade. Rough excavated banks rise on either side, with a tree and low hills in the background.
- Description, scan 3
- A long sloping passage, the dromos, runs steeply downhill toward a stone-faced tomb entrance with a dark doorway at its base. Steps descend along the lower part of the passage between high cut walls, with a stone-built wall above the doorway. A tree and low scrub grow on the bank at the upper right, with hills in the background.
- Description, scan 4
- A stepped passage, the dromos, runs steeply downward between two high walls of cut stone toward the facade of the tomb. The facade is built of large squared blocks, with a dark doorway opening near its base and a course of stones along its top. A tree and scrubby bank stand at the upper right, with low hills in the background.
English, translated from the Swedish record
Trachonas, T.1 dromos.
Swedish, as on the record
Trachonas, T.1 dromos Svenska Cypernexpeditionen
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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)