Field photograph·C01729·1929–30
Cult room, great deposit: detail of large sculptures
Description
A trench excavation shows a dense heap of broken large stone sculptures and slab fragments lying in the soil. Several standing figures with rounded heads and headdresses are packed together at the upper right, and a more complete male figure with arms at his sides stands lower right. Loose blocks and fragments lie scattered across the trench floor in the foreground.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- An excavation trench holds a heap of broken pale stone sculptures and fragments piled together. Several upright figures with rounded heads and bodies stand among the debris, some wearing close-fitting caps, and a large flat block lies at the left. Smaller pieces cover the trench floor, and the earth sides of the cutting rise around the group.
English, translated from the Swedish record
The cult room, the great deposit, detail. Many larger sculptures are visible and resemble the Herakles-Melqart sculptures found at Kition, for example K. 19+145+378. The sculpture up to the right near the middle may be just one of them, namely sculpture K. 236.
Swedish, as on the record
Kultrummet, stora depån, detalj. Många större skulpturer är synliga och liknar Herakles-Melqart skulpturerna som hittats i Kition, exempelvis K. 19+145+378. Skulpturen upp till höger nära mitten kan vara just en av dem, nämligen skulptur K. 236.
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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)