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Field photograph·C00232·1927

The theatre at Soli

Excavated stone steps beside a large dressed block at the theatre at Soli
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00232. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An excavation trench with a flight of stone steps cut into the soil, the upper step set against a large dressed stone block. Rounded boulders and rough rock lie in the foreground and along the right edge, and the trench walls of packed earth rise behind. No people are visible, and the bare sandy ground shows the excavation at a working stage.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Stone steps uncovered during excavation at the theatre at Soli, with rocks and dug earth around them.
Description, scan 2
Three stepped courses of cut stone rise across the middle of the frame, set into the dark, dug-out soil of an excavation trench. Large rough boulders lie in the foreground on the right and left, and the cut faces of the trench rise behind the steps. No people are present.

English, translated from the original record

Stones and steps during excavation at the theatre at Soli.

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