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Field photograph·C01250·1929

Work in progress at Tomb 37 at Marion

Work in progress at Tomb 37 at Marion, with workers digging inside a rock-cut pit.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01250. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two workers dig in a rock-cut tomb at Marion: a man in a cap kneels at left with a trowel, and a figure in a pale robe bends over with a long-handled spade at centre. A third person stands partly in shadow at upper right, and a metal bucket hangs on a rope at left. Pottery vessels and broken sherds lie in the earth at lower right among digging tools.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Workers digging in Tomb 37 at Marion, with a bucket, tools and pottery vessels among the soil in the cut.
Description, scan 2
Two workers in pale clothing dig in the floor of an excavated cut: one kneels at left with a trowel, the other bends over a shovel in the centre. A third person stands faintly in the background against the rock face at upper right. A metal bucket hangs from a rope at left, and several pottery vessels and a long wooden pole lie among soil and baskets at the bottom of the cut.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Work in progress at Tomb 37. Marion.

Swedish, as on the record

Arbetsbild från grav 37. Marion. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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