Field photograph·C02974·1930

Tomb 14 at Amathus, find layer, double exposure

Tomb 14 at Amathus: pottery vessels lying on the floor of the find layer inside a cut passage and chamber. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02974. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A cut passage descends between rock faces to a tomb opening on the right. On the floor inside, a cluster of pottery vessels lies among scattered pebbles and loose stones, including a large jar with a wide mouth, bowls and small juglets. The photograph looks down into the excavated cut from above.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A narrow cutting leads down to the opening of a tomb chamber, seen from above. Inside, pottery vessels, including a jug with a wide neck and several small bowls and juglets, lie among loose stones on the floor. Small pale round objects are scattered on the floor in the foreground, and the cut earth walls frame the view.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Tomb 14 at Amathus, find layer. Double exposure.

Swedish, as on the record

Amathus. Grav 14, fyndlagret. Dubbelexponerad. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen