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Field photograph·C01319·1929

Tomb 15 at Marion

Tomb 15 at Marion during excavation, with a sloping cut leading down to the dark tomb entrance.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01319. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A deep rectangular cut with earth walls runs diagonally down toward a dark opening at the back, which looks like the entrance of a tomb. Loose stones and fragments lie at the threshold, and the soil surface is bare with some grass along the top edge. No people or tools are visible.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 15 at Marion, during excavation.

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