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Field photograph·C00211·1927

The theatre at Soli

Excavation at the theatre at Soli, with workers digging a steep slope and carrying stones away in wheelbarrows.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00211. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Workers with shovels, picks and hoes dig into a steep, stony slope, while several wheelbarrows stand on planks beside them. Women in pale dresses and men in waistcoats and shirtsleeves are spread across the slope, and a pale cut face of earth rises behind them. Rows of stone rubble sit along the upper edge of the excavated area.

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  • Workers digging the slope at the theatre at Soli, with picks, shovels and wheelbarrows in a steep cutting
Description, scan 2
Workers with picks and shovels dig a steep slope at the theatre at Soli, and small wheelbarrows stand on the loose, stony ground at right. Stone rubble walls run along the upper edge of the cutting, and a few women in long dresses stand among the men. The pale cut face of the excavated soil fills the background.

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)