Field photograph·C00790·1928
Excavation at Plakes, Lapithos: people and stones
Description
An excavation trench at Plakes, Lapithos, with a long dark earth mass in the foreground and pale stones and rubble scattered across the cut. Two people stand at the right edge of the trench, one holding a long-handled tool, both in light long garments. Open grassy ground and a sloping bank rise behind the trench.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- A trench in an excavation at Plakes, with a long, low bank of packed earth in the foreground and loose stones and rocks scattered along its sides. Two people in light, long robes stand at the trench edge on the right; the nearer one leans on a long-handled tool, and the second is partly cut off by the frame. Dry scrub and sloping ground fill the background.
English, translated from the original record
Excavation at Plakes, Lapithos, showing people and stones.
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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)