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Field photograph·C00959

Tomb 501 at Lapithos

Tomb 501 at Lapithos during excavation, showing a cut leading down to a rock-cut pit with openings into the tomb chamber.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00959. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A rock-cut tomb under excavation, photographed from above. A stepped, sloping cut leads down to a pit, and dark openings in the rock lead into the tomb chamber. Two blocks of rock stand in the pit, a plastered wall with a wooden frame runs down the left edge, and loose soil and spoil lie piled around the cut.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Tomb 501 at Lapithos: excavated cutting with rock-cut openings and a plastered wall at the left
Description, scan 2
A sunken excavation with cut rock faces, showing several rounded openings and niches in the floor and back of the cutting. A pale plastered wall with a wooden frame stands at the left, and loose soil and stones lie in the foreground and at the upper right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Tomb 501. Lapithos.

Swedish, as on the record

Grav 501 Lapithos. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)