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Field photograph·C01718·1929–30

Overview of the large statue deposit at Kition

Overview of a pit crowded with broken stone statues and blocks at Kition, with several heads visible at the upper right
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01718. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking down into an excavated pit, the floor is crowded with broken stone sculptures and worked blocks lying among the soil. Several heads and upper bodies of statues stand out toward the upper right, and a long tapering fragment leans against the right-hand earth wall. Small white number labels are visible among the stones, and the earth walls of the trench frame the scene.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Overview of the large statue deposit at Kition, with broken stone sculptures and blocks packed into an excavation pit.
Description, scan 2
Looking down into an excavation pit at Kition, packed with broken stone sculptures, heads and upper bodies, column drums and blocks lying in dark soil. Several statue heads and busts stand out at the top and centre right, and a long column drum lies diagonally on the right. Small white number labels are placed among the fragments in the centre.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Overview of the large statue deposit. The deposit is full of sculptures; many seem to be Herakles-Melqart, but there are also other types of sculptures. K.236 is visible at the top.

Swedish, as on the record

Helhetsbild av den stora statydepån. Depån är full av skulpturer, många verkar vara Herakles-Melqart men det finns även andra typer av skulpturer. K.236 syns högst upp.

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