Field photograph·C00708·1927
Theatre at Soli: wall and stones during excavation
Description
A ruined wall of large stone blocks in the lower courses, with rubble above, runs across the picture and has a central opening. A timber beam rests across two upright posts over the gap. Low stone blocks line the base of the wall in front, and bare, stony excavated ground fills the foreground.
Other scans of this record (2)
- Description, scan 2
- A wall of large cut stone blocks runs across the picture, with a central gap where a wooden frame of two upright posts and a cross beam stands over an opening. Lower courses of blocks show on both sides, while the rough, crumbling top of the wall is visible behind. The ground in front is pale and dusty, with scattered small stones and a plain sky above.
- Description, scan 3
- Excavated walls of large squared blocks run across the frame in two levels, with a narrow opening between them where a timber crossbeam is set over a gap. Bare, dry ground with scattered stones fills the foreground, and a plain sky sits above the walls.
English, translated from the original record
Theatre at Soli, with a wall and stones visible during excavation.
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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)