Field photograph·C01732·1929–30

The middle pit at Kition, statues in situ

Excavation pit at Kition with broken stone pieces lying in situ among soil and rock. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01732. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pit cut into layered earth, with sloping sides of soil and rock visible around its edges. Inside, several broken pieces of pale stone lie on the dark floor of the pit, including a large angular block at the right and a rounded piece at the lower left. Some fragments may be carved, but their form is hard to make out in this view.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A pit cut into the earth is seen from above, with its sides showing layers of soil. Among the dark soil lie several broken pieces of stone, some with flat or rounded faces, and a large pale block sits at the right edge. The pieces remain as found in the ground, and no people or tools are visible.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The middle pit, statues in situ.

Swedish, as on the record

Mittgropen, statyer in situ.