Field photograph·C02970·1930

Tomb 10 at Amathus, finds in situ

This field photograph shows human remains.

Tomb 10 at Amathus seen from above, with pottery vessels and bones lying in situ on the floor — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02970. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking down into a stone-lined tomb opening at Amathus, pottery jugs, juglets and bowls lie grouped on the dark floor. Small pebbles, fragments and pale elongated bones are scattered among them, with more vessels near the right-hand wall. Pale stone blocks frame the view.

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Description, scan 2: Seen from above through the cut opening, the floor of Tomb 10 at Amathus holds clusters of jugs, juglets and bowls, mostly on the left and right. Rounded pebbles are spread across the floor, and long pale bone shapes lie scattered among the soil in the lower half. The rough pale walls of the cut frame the view.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Amathus. Tomb 10, finds in situ.

Swedish, as on the record

Amathus. Grav 10, fyndlagret in situ. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen