Field photograph·C01090·1928

Overall view of grid square K 4 at Idalion, looking south

Overall view of grid square K 4 at Idalion, looking south, showing excavated walls and flat stone slabs.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01090. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Excavated walls of earth and stone rise on both sides of a narrow cutting, their faces showing horizontal layers and stones. Flat stone slabs lie on the dirt floor in the foreground, and a low wall runs across the middle distance. Open sky fills the upper part of the photograph.

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Description, scan 2
Stone and earth walls rise on both sides of an excavated area, with a dark doorway-like opening in the middle distance. Flat stone slabs lie on the dry earth floor in the foreground, and a cleared path runs between the walls. Overcast sky fills the top of the view.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Overall view of grid square K 4, looking south. Idalion.

Swedish, as on the record

Totalbild från ruta K 4 åt söder. Idalion. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)