Field photograph·C00201·1927
Theatre at Soli: stone steps during excavation
Description
An excavation cutting with several tiers of stepped earth rising across the upper half, the edges showing layered soil and scattered stones. In the lower right a small flight of stone steps leads down to a flat, pale excavated floor. A dark recess opens at the upper right beside the banked sides of the trench.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- An excavation cut into earth shows stepped soil terraces rising across the top of the view. In the lower right, a few small cut stone steps lead down to a flat, cleared surface, and a dark recess opens at the upper right. No people or tools are visible.
English, translated from the original record
The theatre at Soli: stone steps during excavation.
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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)