Field photograph·C00230·1927
The theatre at Soli
Description
Looking down on the excavated theatre at Soli, curved tiers of stone seating step down in a semicircle into the hillside, with a stone kerb along the outer edge on the right. Stone walls stand on the upper ridge, and loose blocks lie scattered on the flat area at left. Beyond, a plain of fields, scattered buildings and a bay of sea stretch toward distant hills.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- Looking down on a half-excavated theatre, curved rows of stone-edged tiers sweep across the centre of the frame, with a dressed stone kerb along the right edge. Stone walls stand on the upper right and loose blocks lie on the left, where dark water sits in the cut. Beyond, fields, scattered buildings, a small pier and a wide bay stretch under low hills.
English, translated from the original record
The theatre at Soli, with stones and water visible during excavation.
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)