Field photograph·C02313·1930

Tomb 14 at Amathus after the excavation

Tomb 14 at Amathus after excavation, showing a cut passage with large stone blocks leading to a dark opening — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02313. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A cut passage in excavated ground runs toward a dark opening at its far end, with large stone blocks along one side and loose stones scattered in the foreground. Earth banks rise on both sides, and a few smaller stones lie on the dug floor.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: Looking down into an excavated cut in pale soil, a long stone wall or block course runs diagonally across the centre, with a dark recess beside it and a row of stones along its edge. Loose rocks and piles of soil lie around the sides of the excavated area.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Amathus. Tomb 14 after the excavation.

Swedish, as on the record

Amathus. Grav 14 efter utgrävningen. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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