Field photograph·C00231·1927

Soli, The Theatre

Excavated theatre at Soli with curved stone tiers, low walls and fallen blocks, with fields, a village and the sea beyond
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00231. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Panoramic view over the excavated theatre at Soli. Curved tiers of stone seating sweep down the right side, while low walls and fallen stone blocks lie on a cleared, sloping floor in the foreground. Beyond, cultivated fields, scattered trees and a village stretch toward the sea at the top left.

Other scans of this record (4)

  • Excavated ground at Soli theatre with cut stone blocks in a low row and worked stones beside a wall
  • Elevated view of the excavated theatre at Soli, with curved stone seating, cut stone blocks and the sea with ships beyond.
  • Excavated area of the theatre at Soli with rows of cut stone blocks set in the ground
  • Excavated theatre at Soli with curved tiers of stone seating on the right and stone blocks in the foreground
Description, scan 2
Excavated ground at the Soli theatre with several cut stone blocks laid in a low row near the centre. Further worked stones and a masonry wall lie at the upper left and upper right, and the soil around them is broken and uneven. Faint taut string lines cross the ground in the foreground.
Description, scan 3
Elevated view over the excavated theatre at Soli, with curved rows of stone seating on the right and cut blocks and wall remains in the foreground. Open ground with scattered trees runs back toward the coast, where a few buildings sit along the shore, and several ships lie on the water at top left. A blue rectangle drawn on the print frames a stone block near the centre.
Description, scan 4
An excavated surface of dark earth with several rows of cut stone blocks, some low courses in the centre and others at the upper left and right edges. Taut string lines cross the dug ground, and a dark hollow sits along the lower left. The blocks are rough and weathered, with some joints visible.
Description, scan 5
Panoramic view over the excavated theatre at Soli. Curved tiers of stone seating sweep round on the right, while a cleared area and a dark, water-like channel run through the foreground. Walls, scattered stone blocks and a low stone bench lie among the excavated ground, and beyond are open fields, scattered trees, a village and the sea at top left.

English, translated from the original record

Soli, The Theatre.

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