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Field photograph·C00479·1927

Theatre at Soli

Workers and onlookers at the theatre at Soli, with wheelbarrows and a seated man playing a stringed instrument.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00479. Public domain (CC0).

Description

In the foreground two men in light clothing carry a dark bundle between them, a boy in a jacket walks beside them and a man at the left edge looks on. Behind them a man seated on a folding stool plays a stringed instrument, and a woman sits in a wheelbarrow on the dig's upper ridge. Groups of people sit and stand along the ridge among wheelbarrows, while cut stone seating blocks rise at the right.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • People in the excavated theatre at Soli, with a seated man playing an instrument and wheelbarrows on the sand
Description, scan 2
In the excavated theatre at Soli, a man seated on a chair plays a stringed instrument while a boy stands nearby and two men carry a dark cloth between them. Wheelbarrows and a shovel stand on the sandy ground, and a group of seated and standing people is on the upper tiers. Cut stone blocks and steps form the seating in the background.

English, translated from the original record

Theatre at Soli, with people, an instrument and a wheelbarrow.

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