Field photograph·C01296·1929

People and tools at Marion, Tomb 57

Excavation at Marion, Tomb 57, showing cut rock faces and a stepped cutting, with a person's hat visible at the top.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01296. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A deep, narrow cutting in pale rock with a stepped ledge and dark recesses at the centre. Small broken finds lie on a ledge at upper left. At the top centre a hat is visible above the edge of the cut, the only sign of a person, with the rest of the body hidden from view.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Marion, Tomb 57, with people and tools.

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