Field photograph·C00703·1927

Theatre, east entrance, Alfred Westholm at Soli

Alfred Westholm seated on a stone wall of the theatre at Soli, with hills, fields and the sea behind. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00703. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a hat and light shirt sits on top of a rough stone wall among the ruins of the theatre at Soli. A surveying instrument on a tripod stands on the left beside a large cut stone block and stepped masonry. Behind, rocky hills rise above cultivated fields, scattered houses and the sea on the right.

Other scans of this record (2)

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Description, scan 2: A man in a straw hat, striped shirt and shorts sits on a rubble stone wall in the excavated area at Soli. A tripod with a camera stands at the left, and a worked stone block and a set of steps lie among the ruins. Beyond, a coastal plain with scattered houses, trees and fields runs down to the sea under low hills.
Description, scan 3: Alfred Westholm, in a wide-brimmed hat and striped shirt, sits on a rubble stone wall at the east entrance of the theatre at Soli. A tripod stands on the excavated ground to the left, beside a stepped structure and a large cut stone block. Behind, dry hills rise above fields, scattered trees, a few houses and the sea.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The theatre, east entrance. Alfred Westholm, Soli.

Swedish, as on the record

Teatern, östra ingången. Alfred Westholm Soli. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen