Field photograph·C02284·1930

Tomb 11 at Amathus, finds in situ

This field photograph shows human remains.

Finds in situ in Tomb 11 at Amathus: small jugs, a pale vessel and a pale object on a dirt floor
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02284. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Photographed from above, the finds lie where they were found on the floor of Tomb 11 at Amathus. A small handled jug stands at left and another handled vessel at upper right, with a large pale vessel in the centre. A flat slab holds small ring-shaped and tubular pieces, and a pale object with a loop lies at lower right, against a rock wall at top left.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Tomb 11 at Amathus: finds in situ on the rock floor, with dark pots and a pale rounded fragment that may be bone.
Description, scan 2
A close view down onto the floor of a rock-cut tomb with finds still in situ. Several dark, rounded pots lie partly set into the rock floor. A pale, broken rounded piece on the right may be part of a skull, and a pale elongated object lies at lower left beside a slab with small pale rings and fragments scattered across it.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Tomb 11, finds in situ. Amathus.

Swedish, as on the record

Grav 11, fynd in situ. Amathus Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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