Object photograph·Csn3586·1927–1931

Sarcophagi, Cyprus

Stone sarcophagus with a carved garland band, standing in a recess between stone block walls — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3586. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A stone sarcophagus with a moulded upper edge has a carved band of garlands hanging in swags between round medallions on its front. It stands on a low masonry base with a small opening beneath, set in a recess between large dressed stone walls. Dense low shrubs fill the foreground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Sarcophagi, Cyprus.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Sarkofager Cypern.