Field photograph·C01730·1929–30

The cult room, the big deposit, detail

Detail of the big deposit in the cult room at Kition, showing a cluster of worked fragments lying in a hollow dug into soil. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01730. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A hollow cut into layered earth holds a cluster of elongated fragments, some with pale patches, lying on the floor of the cavity. A large rectangular block stands at the left edge, and a thin cord runs diagonally across the lower right. Crumbled soil and small stones surround the hollow.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: Several fragmentary pieces, some elongated and some blocky, lie together in a hollow cut into a pale, crumbly soil face. A large rectangular stone block stands at the left edge, and a few small fragments lie on the ground. No people or tools are in view, and the photograph is taken from above and close to the deposit.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The cult room, the big deposit, detail.

Swedish, as on the record

Kultrummet, stora depån, detalj.