Field photograph·C04908·1930

Tomb 2 at Amathus, interior

Interior of Tomb 2 at Amathus, looking through a doorway into the dark chamber beyond. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04908. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The photograph looks through a wide doorway framed by large squared stone blocks into a dark tomb chamber. Low stone steps and slabs lead up to the threshold across an uneven stone floor in the foreground. The walls are built of blocks laid in courses, and the upper corners curve toward a rounded ceiling.

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Description, scan 2: A doorway with a heavy stone lintel is set in walls of large rectangular stone blocks. Through the opening, a dark chamber recedes, its back wall of blocks barely visible. Flat stone slabs lie on the floor before the threshold, and the floor is paved with large irregular slabs.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Tomb 2, interior. Amathus.

Swedish, as on the record

Grav 2, interiör. Amathus. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen