Field photograph·C01312·1929

Work in progress at Tomb 53 at Marion

Workers and onlookers at the excavation of Tomb 53 at Marion, one man climbing down into a steep cut in the ground. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01312. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Several people stand and watch at the edge of an excavation at Marion, some in hats and others in plain work clothes. In the foreground a man in a straw hat and dark jacket climbs down into a steep-sided cut, while a man in a pale hat leans over the edge of the spoil on the right. Stone blocks lie at the upper left edge of the cut, and a woman in a long dark skirt stands at right.

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Description, scan 2: A man in a light hat leaps down into a deep excavated trench at lower left, arms spread for balance. Along the far edge a group of men in shirts and baggy trousers stand watching, with ropes and cut stone blocks at the top left. On the right a man in a pith helmet leans over the edge beside a woman in a long dress and headscarf, and a small dark animal sits on the spoil heap behind them.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Work in progress at Tomb 53, Marion.

Swedish, as on the record

Grav 53, arbetsbild. Marion. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen