Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C06652

Built tombs

Built tomb of dressed stone with a wooden cross standing on top of a rocky mound
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06652. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A low built structure of irregular stone blocks is set against and partly over a large rounded outcrop of rock. A wooden cross stands on the top of the rock, and a few loose stones lie on the ground in the foreground. The sky is plain and empty, and the ground is bare and stony.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Built tomb with a stone-walled section and a large rock outcrop, topped by a wooden cross on a rocky hillside.
Description, scan 2
A rough stone-walled structure is built against and partly around a large outcrop of rock on a bare, stony hilltop. A wooden cross stands on top of the rock, and loose stones and small scrub lie across the ground in the foreground. The sky is plain and empty.

English, translated from the original record

Built tomb showing stone construction, a tomb chamber and a cross.