Field photograph·C01738·1929–30
Central pit at Kition, sculptures in situ
Description
Several pale stone figures lie tumbled together on the floor of an excavated pit, against a rough wall of pale rubble and dark earth. The figure in the centre has a head with a close-fitting cap, and another figure lies stretched out at the lower right. Small stone fragments are scattered in the dark soil around them.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- Several stone sculptures lie tumbled together in an excavated pit, with long, flat-sided bodies and some heads and limbs broken or displaced. The figure at the centre has a conical cap on its head, and a long cylindrical fragment lies in the foreground. Pale rock and loose soil form the rough walls of the pit around the sculptures.
English, translated from the Swedish record
The central pit, sculptures in situ. The sculpture in the middle wears a conical cap on its head, as many of the sculptures from Kition do. The sculpture below it holds an animal. All the sculptures appear to be archaic and have plank-shaped bodies.
Swedish, as on the record
Mittgropen, skulpturer in situ. Skulpturen i mitten bär en konisk mössa på huvudet vilket många av skulpturerna från Kition gör. Skulpturen till nedanför håller ett djur. Alla skulpturerna verkar vara arkaiska och har plankformade kroppar.
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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)