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Field photograph·C00465·1927

The theatre at Soli

Stone steps of cut blocks rising against an excavated earth bank at the theatre at Soli, with people at top left.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00465. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Large cut stone blocks form a flight of steps rising diagonally across the picture, set against a steep bank of excavated earth. At top left a small group of people sits or stands on a raised ledge beside a plank, and one more figure stands further up the bank. A flat paved surface lies in the foreground at lower left.

Other scans of this record (2)

  • Stone steps of the theatre at Soli, with a few people on the bank at the top left
  • Stone steps set into a wall of large blocks at the theatre at Soli, with a few people at the top left.
Description, scan 2
A flight of about five wide stone steps, cut from large blocks, rises diagonally against a stone wall beside a steep earth bank. A low stone block sits to the right, and a small group of people stands or sits on the raised ground at the top left. The foreground is flat, sandy excavated ground.
Description, scan 3
A flight of several squared stone steps rises against a wall of large dressed blocks at the theatre at Soli. A steep bank of earth rises behind the steps on the right, and a small group of people stands or sits on the ground at the top left. The paved area in the foreground is pale and worn.

English, translated from the original record

The theatre at Soli, with people and stone stairs.

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