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Field photograph·C01427·1929

Tomb 2 exterior at Kountoura Trachonia

Excavated sloping cut in stony ground with a large stone at its upper end, exterior of Tomb 2 at Kountoura Trachonia
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01427. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Photograph of an excavated cut in dry, stony soil, sloping down from the ground surface toward a dark opening beside a large stone. Small stones and dry scrub line the edges, and the stepped floor of the cut descends toward the bottom of the frame.

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  • Tomb 2 exterior at Kountoura Trachonia, showing an excavated cut with a large boulder at its upper edgeFull resolution
Description, scan 2
An excavated cut slopes down through pale, stony soil, with a vertical face of layered earth on the left. A large rounded boulder sits at the upper edge, and a dark opening lies beside it to the right. Scattered stones and dry shrubs surround the cut.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Tomb 2, exterior. Kountoura Trachonia.

Swedish, as on the record

Grav 2, exteriör. Kountoura Trachonia. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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