Field photograph·C01448·1929

Tomb 14, interior at Ayios Iakovos

Interior of Tomb 14 at Ayios Iakovos, showing rough-cut rock walls, a low ledge and a dark recess
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01448. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Interior of a tomb chamber seen from inside, with rough, uneven rock walls and a rounded upper surface on the left. A low ledge runs across the middle of the wall, and a dark opening or recess is visible at upper right. The floor in the foreground is uneven and heavily shadowed.

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  • Interior of Tomb 14 at Ayios Iakovos, showing rock-cut walls, a ledge along the wall and an uneven floor.Full resolution
Description, scan 2
The photograph looks into a rock-cut tomb chamber with pale, rough-hewn walls and a dark opening or recess at the upper right. A long ledge or bench cut into the rock runs across the middle of the wall, and the uneven floor in the foreground has darker patches of loose debris and stones.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Tomb 14, interior. Ayios Iakovos.

Swedish, as on the record

Grav 14, interiör Ajios Jakovos. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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