Field photograph·C02088·1929

Excavation at Marion with a person and a bucket

Sloping dromos leading down to a tomb entrance at Marion, with a person in the doorway and a bucket on the bank. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02088. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A deep trench, or dromos, slopes down between earth banks toward a dark tomb entrance partly blocked by piled stones. A person wearing a light headcloth stands in the doorway, and another person sits at the top left edge beside a stick. A metal bucket rests on the bank at the upper right.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Marion, showing a person with a bucket.

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