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Field photograph·C00203·1927

The theatre at Soli

Excavation trench at the theatre at Soli, with a stone wall on the left and a cylindrical stone piece in the cut.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00203. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A trench cut into dark soil at the theatre at Soli, with a wall of small stones built up on the left and a long cylindrical stone piece lying against the trench face on the right. Large blocks sit along the upper edge, and several people stand at the top right, looking on. A heap of excavated earth fills the left foreground.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Excavation at the theatre at Soli, with a rubble stone wall and a column drum lying in the trench
Description, scan 2
A trench is cut into pale soil, with a wall of rough stones built up on the left and a cylindrical stone drum lying against the far side on the right. Large dressed blocks sit at the edges of the cut, and a spoil heap rises in the left foreground. Four people stand or crouch along the top edge of the excavation in the background, some in dark dress.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at the theatre at Soli, with people and stones.

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