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Field photograph·C00259·1927

The theatre at Soli

Excavation of the theatre at Soli, with workers digging in a curved cutting and a stone wall on the ridge above
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00259. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Workers dig in a curved excavation cut into sloping ground at the theatre at Soli. Men in hats and light shirts wield picks and shovels in the foreground, while others carry earth or work along the curve of the cutting. A wheelbarrow stands at lower left, and a long stone wall runs across the rising ground behind, under a wide hazy landscape.

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  • Excavation of the curved theatre at Soli, with workers digging with picks and wheeling soil in a wheelbarrow.
Description, scan 2
A curved cutting runs across a sloping hillside at Soli, with about fifteen workers digging along its edges and across the slope. A wheelbarrow stands at left and a tall wooden pole rises in the foreground. Behind the cutting, a long stone wall runs along the top of the rise beneath a wide, hazy sky.

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)