Field photograph·C01138·1929

Tomb 4 at Marion, dromos

Dromos of Tomb 4 at Marion, an excavated cut with a heap of stones, with a person's legs at the top edge. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01138. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A rectangular excavated cut seen from above, with large rough stones and smaller rounded stones piled in its lower part. Soil banks rise on both sides, and at the top left one person in a patterned skirt stands at the edge. A thin pole leans against a boulder at the top right.

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Description, scan 2: A deep excavated cut runs down through earth banks, with a heap of large rough-faced stones and several rounded stones packed into its lower part. A wooden stake stands at the top right and a rounded stone sits at the far edge. At the top left, only the skirt and legs of a standing person are visible, cut off by the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Tomb 4, dromos. Marion.

Swedish, as on the record

Grav 4, dromos. Marion. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen