Field photograph·C00722·1927

Soli Theatre

Excavated cutting at Soli theatre, with a rough rock face on one side and dressed stone blocks along the top of the bank
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00722. Public domain (CC0).

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)

  • Excavated cutting at the Soli theatre, with a rough rock face on the left and cut stone blocks on the right.
  • Excavated cutting at the theatre at Soli, with a rock face on the left and cut stone blocks on the right.
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.

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