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Field photograph·C01288·1929

Tomb 59 at Marion, objects and stones during excavation

Tomb 59 at Marion during excavation, with objects and stones visible inside the tomb opening.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01288. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A dark, arched tomb opening is cut into pale, crumbly soil and rock. Inside, several small pale objects and stones lie in the shadowed chamber, and a rounded pale object with two dark marks sits on the right. The image is a halftone print with grainy surfaces.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 59 at Marion, during excavation, with objects and stones visible.

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