Field photograph·C00461·1927

Soli: the theatre

Excavation at Soli theatre with fallen stone column drums and blocks lying in the dug ground.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00461. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A dug area with several fallen cylindrical column drums and large rough-hewn stone blocks lying on the ground. Loose earth and rubble lie in the middle distance, and a cut face of soil runs along the right side. Further stone pieces are scattered along the upper edge of the excavation.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Excavation at Soli with large fallen stone blocks and a column drum lying beside an open trench.
Description, scan 2
A trench cut into excavated ground at Soli, with large fallen stone blocks and a cylindrical column drum lying in the lower left. Further back, more stone fragments lie among small heaps of loose earth, and a worked stone face runs along the right side of the trench.

English, translated from the original record

The theatre at Soli, with stone and excavation visible in the picture.

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