Field photograph·C00200·1927

The theatre at Soli, Evagoras in the eastern parodos

Workers with a pick and shovels in an excavation trench at Soli, with a large stone block and cut walls behind
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00200. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a cap and jacket stands on a raised earth ledge holding a pick, beside a large squared stone block. Behind him a man in a hat and light shirt works with a tool, and a woman in a headscarf holds a shovel at the left, with a child in a dark dress in front. The trench walls are of earth and rough stone, and a partly visible figure stands at the far left edge.

Other scans of this record (3)

  • Excavation trench at Soli with workers holding picks and shovels beside a large cut stone block and a stone wall
  • Excavation at Soli: workers with shovels and a pick in a trench beside stone walls and stepsFull resolution
  • Workers with a pick and shovels in a stone-walled excavation trench, with an ancient wall rising behind them.
Description, scan 2
Five people work in a deep excavation trench at Soli, the eastern parodos of the theatre. Two women in dark headscarves hold shovels, a man in a hat swings a pick, and a man in a flat cap stands in front holding a pick. A large cut stone block lies on the trench floor, with a stone wall and steps rising behind and a tall earth section on the right.
Description, scan 3
A woman in a headscarf holds a shovel at the upper left, and a girl in a dark dress leans on a shovel beside a large cut stone block. Behind them a man in a hat works with a long-handled tool against a wall of earth and stone, while a man in a cap stands in front holding a pick and looks towards the camera. A partly visible figure appears at the left edge.
Description, scan 4
Four people stand in a stone-walled excavation trench, with a fifth partly visible at the left edge. In the foreground a man in a flat cap and dark jacket leans on a pick and looks at the camera, beside a large rough stone block. Behind him a man in light clothing holds a long-handled tool, and a woman at top left holds a shovel against a bank of earth and masonry.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The theatre, Evagoras in the eastern parodos. Soli

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").

Swedish, as on the record

Teatern, Evagoras i östra parados. Soli Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)