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Field photograph·C00453·1927

The theatre at Soli

Excavated stone steps at the theatre at Soli, cut into an earth face during excavation
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00453. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A view across an excavation trench showing a flight of stone steps rising against a cut earth face at the theatre at Soli. The steps are made of large blocks, with a stone wall above them and a vertical soil section on the right. Loose stones and heaped earth lie in the foreground and along the left side.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Excavated stone steps and walls at the theatre at Soli
Description, scan 2
Broad stone steps rise in a series of treads cut into the earth of an excavation at Soli. Masonry walls stand at the top right beside a dark vertical post, with a bank of loose soil and stones on the left and a trodden floor in the foreground.

English, translated from the original record

Stones and steps during excavation at the theatre at Soli.

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