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Field photograph·C03542·1930

Tomb 8 at Stylli, doorway blocking

Tomb 8 at Stylli: a large stone blocking the doorway of a tomb cut into an excavation trench.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03542. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large, roughly rectangular stone sits in a dark opening cut into the side of an excavation trench, with a smaller broken stone to its left. The trench walls are vertical and show layered soil, and the floor of the cut is bare earth. No people are present.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Large stone blocking the doorway of Tomb 8 at Stylli, seen from within a trench
Description, scan 2
A large, pale, roughly rounded stone fills the opening of a dark cavity cut into the side of a deep trench. A smaller broken stone lies to its left, and the cavity recedes into shadow above and behind the block. The trench has steep earthen sides and a floor of compacted soil with scattered small stones.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Tomb 8, doorway blocking. Stylli.

Swedish, as on the record

Grav 8, dörrpackning. Stylli. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)