Field photograph·C03560

Built tomb with stairs, stones and a grating

Built tomb entrance at the top of a stone-walled stepped passage, with an iron grille across the doorway — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03560. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A flight of worn stone steps descends between low stone walls to a doorway closed by an iron grille, with a lintel above and a dark chamber beyond. Scrubby bushes and a bare slope rise behind the entrance, with a row of cypress trees and low hills on the horizon.

English, translated from the original record

Built tomb with a tomb chamber, stairs, stones and a grating.