Field photograph·C01455·1929

Tomb 6 at Ayios Iakovos, excavation

Tomb 6 at Ayios Iakovos during excavation, with a flat stone slab in a deep narrow cut and a bucket at the edge — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01455. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A deep, narrow cut runs down through pale excavated soil, and a flat rectangular stone slab leans in the dark opening below. A metal bucket sits on the ground at the upper left, with a coil of rope beside it. No people are at work in the frame.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 6 at Ayios Iakovos: excavation of a tomb chamber, with a bucket and a rope.

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