Field photograph·C00795·1928

Excavation at Lapithos, Plakes

Circular excavation pit at Plakes, Lapithos, with pale stones lying in the soil — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00795. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Photograph taken from above of a roughly circular pit cut into pale sandy soil, its interior packed with pale and grey stones of varied size. A darker band of earth runs across the top of the frame, with small stones and pebbles scattered on the surface around the pit.

English, translated from the original record

Photograph from the excavation at Plakes, Lapithos, showing objects and stones.

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