Field photograph·C01720·1929–30

The cult room, statues in situ at Kition

Stone statues standing in situ among fallen blocks in the cult room at Kition — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01720. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Several stone statues of standing figures are packed among fallen blocks and rock in the excavated cult room at Kition. In the foreground a figure with a band across its hair stands with arms at its sides, its face worn away, while beside it a bearded figure wears a headband. A head is visible higher in the background, and a lower part of a figure with a draped section stands in front, on loose soil.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: Several carved stone statues stand in a dug area among fallen blocks and rubble, on a dark, earthy floor. In the centre, a figure with a rounded head, hair bound by a band and a plain tunic stands with its arms at its sides. To the right, a larger bearded figure with a headband is partly hidden by a tall block, and a small head shows behind the left figure.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The cult room, statues in situ.

Swedish, as on the record

Kultrummet, statyer in situ.