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Field photograph·C00222·1927

Theatre at Soli

Excavation trench at the Soli theatre with a bank of loose stones, a large pale stone block and a long stone edge
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00222. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A deep excavation trench at the theatre at Soli shows dark soil walls on the left and a bank of loose stones in the middle. A large pale stone block and a long dressed stone edge run diagonally across the right side, above a bare earth floor in the foreground.

Other scans of this record (2)

  • Excavation trench at Soli with rubble stone walling and a long stone edge running across the right foreground
  • Excavation trench at the theatre at Soli, with exposed stones in the banks and a worked stone block at the right edge
Description, scan 2
A deep excavation trench with dark, broken soil banks on the left and a wide, flat cleared floor in the foreground. Stone rubble fills a built face in the centre, and a long dressed stone edge runs diagonally beside a large block on the right.
Description, scan 3
An excavation trench at the theatre at Soli, with dark earth banks and loose stones packed into the sides and middle. A pale, flat surface runs across the lower left, and a large dressed stone block with a stepped ledge sits at the right edge. A small blue object lies on the slope of the middle bank.

English, translated from the original record

Theatre at Soli, with stones, during excavation.

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