Field photograph·C01717·1929–30

Kristos and Alfred Westholm excavating at Kition

Two men digging among broken stone sculptures in a deep excavation trench at Kition — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01717. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two men in light shirts crouch over a heap of broken stone sculptures and blocks in a deep trench, one wearing a light cap. Several figure fragments, including a head and upright statue parts, lie among rubble. Earthen trench walls rise on both sides, with a rope running down the right edge and a hand of a third person visible at the top right.

Other scans of this record (2)

Description, scan 2: Two men in light shirts lean into a deep trench, working among a heap of stone blocks and broken sculpture. Several carved figures, including a head wearing a cap, lie half-buried in the rubble against the earthen sides of the cut. Dark soil walls rise on both sides, and a rope runs down the right edge of the trench.
Description, scan 3: Two men in light shirts crouch and dig among a heap of stone blocks and broken sculpture fragments in a deep trench. Several figures, including a head wearing a cap, lie in the rubble behind them. Rock-cut earth and stone walls rise on either side, a rope runs diagonally across the right side, and part of another figure is visible at the top right edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Kristos and Alfred Westholm are digging. Around them are archaeological objects such as sculptures. Kition.

Swedish, as on the record

Kristos och Alfred Westholm fingräver. Omkring dem syns arkeologiska föremål såsom skulpturer. Kition. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen