Field photograph·C00624·1928

Room 123 at Vouni, square C1, statues in situ

Statues and column drums lying in situ in an excavated room at Vouni
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00624. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An excavated room seen from above, with cut stone walls along the left and right edges. In the lower centre a seated draped figure and a flat-lying carved fragment lie in the soil among gravel. Behind them, two cylindrical column drums stand or lean, with smaller broken stone pieces nearby, and a taut cord runs diagonally across the right side.

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Description, scan 2
An excavated room at Vouni seen from above, with dark earth and rough stone walls around the edges. A seated statue fragment with a draped garment and base lies at lower left, and a larger carved fragment with vertical folds lies in the centre foreground. Several column drums and pieces stand or lie among the rubble in the background, and a taut string runs diagonally across the trench.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Room 123, square C1, statues in situ. Vouni

Swedish, as on the record

Rum 123, ruta C1, statyer in situ. Vouni Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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