Field photograph·C01735·1929–30

The central pit during the excavation at Kition

Excavation pit at Kition seen from above, with cut soil walls and stones on the floor. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01735. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A view down into a deep excavation pit with steep sides of cut, crumbling soil and rubble. Loose stones and rock lie on the floor and along the lower edge in the foreground, and a larger slab fills the right edge. The floor of the pit is dark and smooth, with no people or equipment visible.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: The photograph looks down into an excavated pit with rough, stony sides rising on several sides. The walls show layers of rubble and soil, with some blocks of stone projecting from them. The floor is dark earth with a few small pale stones, and a broken mass of rubble lies along the near edge in the foreground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The central pit during the excavation.

Swedish, as on the record

Mittgropen under utgrävningen.