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Field photograph·C00475·1927

Soli, the theatre

Rubble stone walls and a dark recess during excavation at Soli, the theatre
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00475. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Rough walls of rubble stones rise on both sides of a dark, recessed opening, with loose stones and sandy earth spread across the ground. Piles of stone and a low hill show in the background under a pale sky. The stonework appears partly collapsed and the ground is cleared around it.

Other scans of this record (2)

  • Stone walls and fallen rubble at Soli, the theatre, during excavation
  • Excavated stone walls and rubble at Soli, with a dark recess between the walls and hills in the background.
Description, scan 2
Rough stone walls built of roughly shaped blocks run across the frame, with a recessed gap in the middle and a pile of fallen stones and rubble spread over the ground around them. A bare, low hill rises in the background under a pale sky.
Description, scan 3
Rough stone walls of irregular blocks rise on both sides of a dark, recessed opening in the centre of the frame. Loose stones and rubble cover the excavated ground in the foreground, and bare hills show against the sky behind. No people or equipment are visible.

English, translated from the original record

Soli, the theatre: rock and stones, during excavation.

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