Field photograph·C00227·1927
Soli, the theatre
Description
A steep slope of excavated dark earth rises to a stone wall at upper right, with a small tree on the ridge beside it. Around twenty people stand, sit and crouch along the stone walls and ridge at left and centre, some in light clothing. In the foreground a wheelbarrow stands on bare, stony ground, and several more wheelbarrows are set at the foot of the slope.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- The theatre at Soli is being excavated: a steep earth bank rises to the right with a stone wall along its top edge. About twenty people stand, sit and bend along the crest and slope, and a small tree grows at the top right. In the foreground a wheelbarrow stands on stony, trodden ground, with wooden boards lying on the slope to the right.
English, translated from the original record
Soli: the theatre, during excavation, with people and trees.
More from Soli
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C00200The theatre at Soli, Evagoras in the eastern parodos
C00204Byzantine walls at Soli
C00220The theatre at Soli: work on the substructure walls of the east eisodos
C00226The theatre at Soli. Work on the orchestra from the west
C00239The theatre at Soli, excavating the proskenion
C00244The theatre at Soli: pipe in Room III, eastern corner of the stage
Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)