Field photograph·C02311·1930

Tomb 23 at Amathus, floor stratum in situ

This field photograph shows human remains.

Description

Photograph from above of a rectangular cut tomb pit with soil walls and pale cut stone blocks at the right-hand edge. On the floor lie scattered skeletal bones, a large jar and jug, bowls, dishes and several small juglets, still in place where they were found. A narrower opening at the near end holds more vessels.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A rock-cut pit or tomb chamber is seen from above, its floor scattered with pottery vessels, including jugs and bowls, and thin human bones. Pale stone blocks lie against the cut on the right, and the excavated soil walls rise around the opening.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Tomb 23, floor stratum in situ. Amathus.

Swedish, as on the record

Grav 23, bottenstratum in situ. Amathus Svenska Cypernexpeditionen