Field photograph·C00945·1927–28

Remains of human sacrifices covered by stone slabs in Tomb 422 at Lapithos

Excavated cut at Lapithos Tomb 422 with two long stone slabs laid over the fill and a small jug beside them. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00945. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking down into a cut trench at Lapithos Tomb 422, two long stone slabs lie side by side over dark fill. A small pale jug with a handle stands at the upper edge, and broken sherds lie at the right beside a flat stone. The sloping earth face rises at the top, and a pale rod runs along the right edge.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 422 at Lapithos Kastros, dromos. Remains of human sacrifices covered by stone slabs.

Type: Field photograph
Number: C00945
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 422
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. 242, fig. 88
Holder's label: Lapithos Kastros T. 401-429, 1. Tomb 422. Dromos. Remains of human sacrifices covered by stone slabs.
Materials: glass negative, black-and-white print
Keywords: tomb, excavation, object, structure, 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)