Field photograph·C02566·1930

Tomb 7 at Enkomi, tomb chamber during excavation

Tomb 7 at Enkomi: stone slabs laid across the entrance of a tomb chamber during excavation — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02566. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Flat stone slabs lie across the top of a dark opening cut into pale earth, forming a lintel over the chamber entrance. The chamber interior is in deep shadow beneath them, and the cut sides show layered earth. No people are visible.

English, translated from the original record

Tomb 7 at Enkomi: tomb chamber with stones, during excavation.

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