Field photograph·C00968·1928

Excavation at Idalion with objects and a skeleton

This field photograph shows human remains.

Skeleton lying in an excavated pit at Idalion, with small vessels beside it and a rock face above — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00968. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An excavated pit with a rock face along the top, where a skeleton lies extended on the soil with its long bones and ribs visible. Beside the head at the left is a small pot set in the earth, and a narrow pale vessel lies near the centre of the bones. Several pale stones lie along the lower edge of the skeleton.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Idalion, with objects and a skeleton visible.

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