Field photograph·C02488·1930
Earth tomb at Enkomi
This field photograph shows human remains.
Description
A human skeleton lies stretched out in a rectangular pit cut into dark soil. The skull is at the right-hand end near the edge, with ribs, arm bones and pelvis visible, and the long leg bones extend to the left. Pale, pebbly sediment edges the pit, and the photograph is taken from above.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- A view down into an earth tomb cut at Enkomi, showing a skeleton lying on its back with arms and legs extended across the dark floor of the cut. The bones are pale and partly broken, with ribs and the skull visible at the right end. The sides of the pit are pale, crumbly soil, and a small wire or pin lies at the lower left edge of the frame.
English, translated from the Swedish record
Earth tomb. Enkomi.
Swedish, as on the record
Jordgrav. Enkomi. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen
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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)