Field photograph·C00200·1927
The theatre at Soli, Evagoras in the eastern parodos

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)
- 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
More from Soli
578 items in the archive
C00204Byzantine walls at Soli
C00220The theatre at Soli: work on the substructure walls of the east eisodos
C00226The theatre at Soli. Work on the orchestra from the west
C00239The theatre at Soli, excavating the proskenion
C00244The theatre at Soli: pipe in Room III, eastern corner of the stage
C00253Toulis Souidos with a measuring stick at Soli, near the theatre
Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)


