Field photograph·C01187·1929

Tomb 22 at Marion, dromos

Dromos, the stepped passage leading down to the entrance of Tomb 22 at Marion — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01187. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A sloping, stepped passage cut into the soil leads down toward the dark entrance of Tomb 22 at Marion. Its earth walls show clean cut edges, with loose stones and tufts of grass along the top and sides. Steps run up the floor of the passage toward the doorway at the far end.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A narrow passage cut into the earth slopes down in several steps towards a dark opening at the far end, the tomb entrance. Its sides are vertical earth faces, with loose stones and tufts of grass along the top edges. A small white upright stick stands at the top of the cutting.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Tomb 22, dromos. Marion.

Swedish, as on the record

Grav 22, dromos. Marion. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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