Field photograph·C01260·1929

Bucket and boxes during excavation, Tomb 21 at Marion

Tomb 21 at Marion during excavation, a deep rectangular cut with a bucket and stacked boxes at its edge — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01260. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A deep, narrow rectangular cut is dug into pale sandy soil, its interior almost black in shadow. At the top left a metal bucket sits on the ground beside the excavation, and at the top right a stack of pale boxes rests on the raised earth. Loose soil and dry plants lie along the edges of the cut.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 21 at Marion: a bucket and boxes during excavation.

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