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Field photograph·C01404·1929

Cult place beneath Tomb 1 at Palaeoskoutella, seen from the east

Cut hollows in bedrock at the cult place beneath Tomb 1 at Palaeoskoutella, seen from the east
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01404. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Several rectangular and rounded hollows are cut into a pale, uneven rock surface in the foreground. A heap of earth and stones lies along the edge of the excavated area, with shrubs behind it. Beyond, open fields and low hills stretch across the view.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Rock-cut hollows in the surface of the cult place beneath Tomb 1 at Palaeoskoutella, seen from the east
Description, scan 2
The foreground is a pale, uneven rock surface with several hollows cut into it, some rounded and some angular, the deeper ones shadowed. Behind them a cut face of soil and loose stones rises, topped by shrubs, with a wide view over rolling hills and pale fields beyond.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The cult place beneath Tomb 1, seen from the east. Palaeoskoutella.

Swedish, as on the record

Kultplatsen under grav 1 från öster. Paleoskoutella. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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