Field photograph·C00712·1927
The Theatre at Soli
Description
The theatre at Soli is seen from a raised viewpoint, with curved rows of stone seating climbing a hillside in a semicircle around a flat, open central area. In the foreground, cut stone blocks, a low wall and a flight of steps sit beside the excavated ground, and a few small trees grow on the slope behind.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- Curved tiers of stone seating rise across the background of the theatre at Soli, with a level central floor in front of them and a long stone wall along the right side. In the foreground, dressed stone blocks and a flight of stone steps sit at the lower left, and a slope of earth and rubble climbs to a ridge with a couple of small trees.
English, translated from the original record
The Theatre at Soli, with stone steps and trees.
More from Soli
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C00200The theatre at Soli, Evagoras in the eastern parodos
C00204Byzantine walls at Soli
C00220The theatre at Soli: work on the substructure walls of the east eisodos
C00226The theatre at Soli. Work on the orchestra from the west
C00239The theatre at Soli, excavating the proskenion
C00244The theatre at Soli: pipe in Room III, eastern corner of the stage
Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)