Field photograph·C01724·1929–30

South gallery at Kition, statues in situ

Excavated recess at Kition with stones and broken fragments in situ, with possible bones at the lower centre — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01724. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A recess cut into the excavated earth is filled with stones and broken pale fragments, with some rounded stones lying in front. At the lower centre, a dark, tubular object with knobbed ends lies among smaller stones on the floor of the excavation. Loose stones and soil surround the group.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A dark cut in the excavated ground, with its back wall of rough rock and soil. Pale broken stone pieces lie in a heap in the centre, including a rounded piece that may be a head, and loose blocks are scattered in the foreground. No people are working in the frame; the photograph records the finds as they were found.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The south gallery, statues in situ.

Swedish, as on the record

Södra galleriet, statyer in situ.