Field photograph·C00248·1927
Soli, the theatre
Description
A trench runs through the excavation, with a young boy standing on the left and a group of women in headscarves gathered near a wheelbarrow. At right, a large stone block is exposed and a worker bends over beside it. Further back, figures stand on the ridge above the cut, with the sea and a flat coastline beyond.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- A trench runs through the excavated ground at Soli, with a group of workers standing and bending near a wheelbarrow and a second wheelbarrow beside a low wall of earth and stone on the right. A man sits on the edge of the trench on the left, and a figure stands on the ridge at the back against the sea. A tripod-like frame stands at the far right.
English, translated from the original record
The theatre at Soli, with people, a wheelbarrow and stones.
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)