Field photograph·C01723·1929–30

Excavation at Kition, southern gallery

Excavated gallery at Kition with a rounded earth ceiling and flat stone slabs along one side — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01723. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A cut passage with a rounded earth ceiling runs back into shadow. In the right foreground, large flat stone slabs form a step or bench against the side wall, with a few small stone fragments lying on them. A thicker slab sits in the background, and the floor is bare, packed earth.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A narrow passage cut into earth, with a rounded roof and walls of compacted soil. Flat, squared stone slabs form a raised bench along the right-hand wall and step down across the floor in the foreground. Small pale fragments lie on the stonework, and a recess with another slab opens at the far end.

English, translated from the Swedish record

From the excavation at Kition. Southern gallery.

Swedish, as on the record

Från utgrävningen i Kition. Södra galleriet.