Field photograph·C01286·1929

Work in progress at Tomb 53 at Marion

Workers digging in the trench at Tomb 53 at Marion, with a group standing on the bank behind them. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01286. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Workers are digging in a deep trench cut into pale earth at Tomb 53 at Marion. Two figures bend into the cut in the foreground, one blurred by movement, while a man in a white shirt stands at the right edge. Behind them, a group of workers and onlookers stands on the bank, several holding long thin poles, and large stone blocks lie at the left.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A group of workers, many with head cloths, dig in a deep cut in the ground using long-handled tools. Some stand along the upper edge looking down while others bend over the trench floor. Spoil heaps and stone blocks lie along the sides of the excavation under an open, pale sky.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Work in progress at Tomb 53, Marion.

Swedish, as on the record

Grav 53, arbetsbild. Marion. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen