Field photograph·C00239·1927
The theatre at Soli, excavating the proskenion
Description
Aerial-angle view of an excavation at the theatre at Soli, where many workers, mostly women in dark dresses and headscarves, dig in a large trench. Wheelbarrows, timber planks and baskets are in use, and pale stone walls and blocks are exposed in the dig. Stone foundations curve along the lower edge, and trees and a road lie across the open landscape behind.
Other scans of this record (2)
- Description, scan 2
- An elevated view looks down on the excavation of a curved theatre at Soli, with about thirty workers digging among exposed stone walls and tiers. Wheelbarrows stand on wooden planks, and baskets sit on a spoil heap in the foreground. Open fields and scattered trees extend beyond the dig under a bare, dusty landscape.
- Description, scan 3
- Elevated view looking down on the excavation of the theatre at Soli, with about thirty workers digging around pale stone blocks and walls in a curved cutting. Wheelbarrows run on wooden planks across the spoil heaps, and low stone foundations edge the trench in the foreground. Open fields, scattered trees and a road stretch across the background.
English, translated from the Swedish record
The theatre. From the excavation of the proskenion.
Swedish, as on the record
Teatern. Från proskenions framgrävande. Soli Svenska Cypernexpeditionen
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C00226The theatre at Soli. Work on the orchestra from the west
C00244The theatre at Soli: pipe in Room III, eastern corner of the stage
C00253Toulis Souidos with a measuring stick at Soli, near the theatre
Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)