Field photograph·C00819·1928
Tomb 602 at Lapithos, skeleton during excavation
This field photograph shows human remains.
Description
Close view inside a tomb showing a skeleton stretched out in the soil, with the skull at lower left and ribs and arm bones visible. Several pottery vessels, one broken, sit around the upper part of the grave, and a circular object with a raised rim lies beside the body. Soil and the cut edge of the tomb wall form the background.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- Photograph from above of a tomb floor during excavation, with soil covering the surfaces. A skeleton runs across the lower half, with ribs and long bones visible and a broken skull at the lower left. Several pottery vessels lie around it, including a long-necked jug at the upper left, a small ring-based vessel near the centre and a shallow dish at the top.
English, translated from the original record
Tomb 602 at Lapithos: skeleton during excavation.
More from Lapithos-Plakes, SCE Tomb 602
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C00981Tomb 602 at Lapithos, interior with finds in situ
C01114bPottery White Painted I bowl (L. 401:055, L. 602:086)
C01901aaPottery White Painted I Jug (L.602.6)
C01940Pottery White Painted I Amphora (L. 602:009)
C01962bPottery White Painted I bowl (L. 602:083)
C01964Pottery Black Slip Painted (L.602.92)
Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)