Field photograph·C02303·1930

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

This field photograph shows human remains.

Skeleton and pottery vessels in a rock-cut tomb at Amathus during excavation — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02303. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking down into a rock-cut tomb at Amathus, a skeleton lies in the soil on the left, its bones only partly visible in the shadow. A cluster of pale-surfaced pottery vessels sits beside it in the centre, and the rough-cut walls of the tomb rise into the dark upper right.

English, translated from the original record

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

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