Field photograph·C01407·1929

Cult place under Tomb 1 from the north, Palaeoskoutella

Cult place under Tomb 1 at Palaeoskoutella, a cut rock surface with hollows seen from the north — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01407. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pale, uneven rock surface in an excavation, with several rounded and angular hollows cut into it. A raised ledge runs across the upper part, and a soil bank with stones rises along the top edge. The largest hollow lies towards the centre-right, with smaller pits scattered to the left.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: Weathered rock surface in an excavated area, with several hollows cut into it. The largest is an irregular dark cavity in the centre-left, with smaller round and angular hollows scattered across the rock. A cut face of earth and stones runs along the top edge, and a raised ledge of rock crosses the middle distance.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cult place under Tomb 1 from the north. Palaeoskoutella.

Swedish, as on the record

Kultplatsen under grav 1 från norr. Paleoskoutella. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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