Field photograph·C01708·1929

Ayios Iakovos: B.A.S. seen from the east

Excavation at Ayios Iakovos seen from the east, with low stone walls and a round stone feature in pale exposed soil. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01708. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wide view across an excavated area at Ayios Iakovos, with pale exposed soil and low stone walls rising from it. A round stone-built feature stands near the centre, and a rectangular pit lies to the right beside a wall of rubble. Dark spoil heaps sit at the left edge, with bare hills, a few cypress-like trees and a small stone building behind.

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Description, scan 2: An open excavation with exposed stone walls and foundations across a pale, dug floor. A deep rectangular pit lies in the foreground right, and a large broken vessel sits partly sunk in the ground at left. Dry hills, scattered trees and a small stone building stand in the background, with a heap of spoil at the left edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

B.A.S. from the east. Ayios Iakovos.

Swedish, as on the record

B.A.S. från öster. Ajios Jakovos. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen