Field photograph·C00860·1928

Wall complex at J, K 8 from the north, Idalion

Wall complex at J, K 8, Idalion, seen from the north, with stone and earth walls in an excavated area — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00860. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Stone and earth walls of an excavated area at Idalion. A tall wall of earth and layered stone stands in the centre, with a low stone wall on the left and a stone-faced wall on the right. A surveyor's tripod stands in the background beside a wooden frame covered with brushwood, and a tree grows at the edge of the excavated ground.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: Stone wall foundations and walls of rough-cut blocks rise from excavated ground, with a low stone-built wall in the foreground left and a dressed stone step or ledge at right. A surveyor's tripod stands on the rising soil behind, and a wooden frame with a thatched or brushwood top stands at the upper right beside a tree. No people are in view.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Wall complex at J, K 8 from the north.

Swedish, as on the record

Murkomplex vid J, K 8 från norr Idalion. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen