Field photograph·C00971·1928

Idalion: stones and excavation

Excavation cutting at Idalion with a narrow sunken trench running down the floor between earth banks — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00971. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A deep excavation cutting with steep earth walls on both sides and a flat floor. A narrow, elongated trench with sloping sides runs down the centre toward the viewer, and a rougher back wall of packed soil and possible stones closes the cutting. No people are visible.

English, translated from the original record

Topography at Idalion, showing stones during excavation.

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