Field photograph·C02281·1930

Amathus T. 2-26: skeleton and objects during excavation

This field photograph shows human remains.

Excavated tomb at Amathus with scattered skeletal bones, small bowls and a pale rounded object during excavation. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02281. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pit cut into the ground at Amathus, seen from above, with its floor strewn with long bones and smaller fragments of a skeleton still in the soil. Small bowls and a few other objects lie at the upper left, near a pale rounded object and cut stone blocks against the back wall. Loose soil and rubble surround the cut edges, with a steep face on the right.

English, translated from the original record

Amathus T. 2-26: a skeleton with objects, during excavation at Amathus.

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