Field photograph·C00948·1927–28

Tomb 417 at Lapithos, burial chamber with stones during excavation

Tomb 417 at Lapithos during excavation, showing a burial chamber opening filled with stacked stones. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00948. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A rounded opening cut into a earth face leads into a small chamber whose entrance is partly filled with a dry-stone wall of rounded stones. Loose soil lies on the floor in front, and the excavated walls rise on both sides. No people or finds are visible in the chamber.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 417 at Lapithos: burial chamber with stones, during excavation.

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