Field photograph·C01691·1929

Post-hole 1, period III, at Petra tou Limniti

Excavated pit at Petra tou Limniti with a ring of rounded stones set around its edge. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01691. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A shallow excavated hollow in dry, stony ground, with a ring of smooth, rounded river stones fitted closely together around its rim. Larger rough rocks and loose soil surround the hole, and a few dark gaps lie between the stones. The photograph is taken from above at a slight angle, with no people or scale visible.

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Description, scan 2: A shallow excavated cut in stony soil holds a ring of smooth, rounded, egg-shaped stones, most of them set close together. Large boulders and crumbling earth surround the feature, and loose rubble lies across the ground. No people or scale object is visible.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Post-hole 1, period III. Petra tou Limniti.

Swedish, as on the record

Stolphål 1, period III. Petra Tou Limniti. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen