Field photograph·C00722·1927
Soli Theatre

Description
A narrow excavated cutting runs between a rough, pitted rock face on the left and a vertical cut face of earth on the right. At the upper right, squared stone blocks form a ledge along the top of the bank, and the floor of the cutting is dark and stony.
Other scans of this record (2)
- Description, scan 2
- A narrow excavated cutting runs between a weathered, rough rock face on the left and a block of dressed stone on the right. On the right, worked stone blocks rise in tiers or steps, and loose stones and pale earth lie on the floor of the cutting. The excavated earth face rises at the back of the cutting.
- Description, scan 3
- A narrow excavated cutting runs between a rough, weathered rock face on the left and a row of squared stone blocks on the right, with a step or ledge of cut stone at the far end. The floor of the cutting is dark loose soil with small stones, and the upper bank in the background is grassy earth. No people are shown; the view is taken straight along the cutting.
English, translated from the original record
The theatre at Soli: stones and stone blocks during excavation.
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)

