Field photograph·C00975·1928

Idalion: stones and excavation

Excavation pit at Idalion with a stack of large stones lying in the soil. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00975. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A deep excavation cutting with earthen walls shows a cluster of large, pale, rough-surfaced stones stacked in the centre of the pit. Smaller stone fragments lie among the soil around them, and the floor of the cutting is loose dry earth. No people or tools are visible, and the photograph is mounted on a card with a blank lower margin.

English, translated from the original record

Topography at Idalion, showing stones during excavation.

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