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Field photograph·C00262·1927

The theatre at Soli

Excavation at the theatre at Soli, with stone walls along the cutting and people working among the earth and stones.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00262. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large excavated cutting with a steep sloping bank, shadowed in the foreground. Rubble stone walls stand along the upper terraces, and a dark recess is visible near the centre right. About a dozen people in light clothing stand, crouch and move among the loose earth and stones, some holding long tools, while figures in the foreground look on.

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  • Excavation at the theatre at Soli, with stone walls, spoil heaps and people working on the excavated ground.
Description, scan 2
A large excavated cutting at the theatre at Soli, with sloping soil faces and banks rising behind it. Stone walls run along the upper edges of the excavation, and a small stone structure with a dark opening sits at the centre right beside a broken wall. Thirteen people stand and move about on the excavated ground, and two figures in the foreground stand beside a tripod-like pole.

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)