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Field photograph·KIT19-NIMFO-0015·2019

Sondage 20, stratigraphic unit S20-01 being excavated at the Mound, from the north

Sondage 20, stratigraphic unit S20-01 being excavated at the Mound, from the north
Photograph: Sabine Fourrier, 2019. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, KIT19-NIMFO-0015. "Sondage 20, stratigraphic unit S20-01 being excavated at the Mound, from the north". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

View to the north of Sondage 20 at the Mound, 2019 season, with stratigraphic unit S20-01 being excavated: the surface vegetation layer is being removed to clear wall locus 921, revealing a very friable whitish layer with a high concentration of plaster and gypsum fragments.

French, as on the record

Kition-Mound; fouilles 2019; sondage S20; US S20-01 en cours de fouille; vue vers le nord; fouille de la couche végétale de surface, dégagement du mur locus 921 qui révèle une couche blanchâtre très friable avec haute concentration de plâtre et fragments de gypse

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