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Field photograph·C00204·1927–31

Byzantine walls at Soli

Excavated Byzantine walls at Soli, with workers standing around the trench beside a reed bed.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00204. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An excavation trench at Soli with stone wall foundations exposed in the ground, running across the middle of the frame. A man at right holds a wooden tray or sieve, a girl in a light blouse and dark skirt stands in the centre, and other workers stand near the tall reeds in the background. A wooden frame stands at the far right edge.

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  • Excavated trench with Byzantine walls at Soli, with workers and a girl standing among the stonework
Description, scan 2
An excavated trench runs through the frame, with low walls of stone and earth on either side of a raised strip of ground. A young girl in a light blouse and dark skirt stands among the walls, while a man in dark clothes holds a wooden tray at shoulder height. Several other workers stand on spoil heaps behind, with a dense reed bed and a flat horizon beyond.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Byzantine walls. Soli.

Swedish, as on the record

Bysantinska murar. Soli Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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