Field photograph·C00967·1928

Excavation at Idalion with objects and a skeleton

This field photograph shows human remains.

Excavation at Idalion with a skeleton and a small handled vessel in a pit — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00967. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pit in excavated soil holds a skeleton, with bones scattered across the floor of the cut. At the left a small handled vessel lies beside the bones, and a large rounded vessel sits at the right edge. A person in a pale sleeve, with one hand visible, is partly seen at the lower right.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Idalion, with objects and a skeleton visible.

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