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Field photograph·C00251·1927

The theatre at Soli

Excavation at the theatre at Soli, with workers digging a curved trench beside exposed stonework.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00251. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Workers with shovels and picks are spread across a sloping excavation, with more figures standing in a line along the top edge and the left side. A curved stone wall runs through the trench in the centre, and loose stones lie in the foreground. A basket sits on the ground near the right edge.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Excavation of the theatre at Soli, with workers digging across the slope and a curved stone edge running through the site
Description, scan 2
A large excavated area at Soli shows a curved, raised edge of exposed stonework running from the lower left toward the centre. About twenty people, some with picks and shovels, work on the slope, and a line of figures stands along the upper edge of the cutting. Loose stones and rubble fill the foreground at the bottom of the frame.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at the theatre at Soli, with people and stones.

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