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Field photograph·C01740·1929–30

Cult room at Larnaca, eastern part

Excavated cult room at Larnaca, eastern part, with cobblestones lying on the floor
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01740. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking down into an excavated room where rough, irregular stones lie scattered and piled over the dark soil floor. A rough, pitted stone wall runs down the right side of the frame, and large flat stone blocks lie along the left edge and in the lower left corner. No people or finds are clearly visible apart from the stones.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Cobblestones on the floor of the cult room at Larnaca, eastern part, seen in an excavated trench
Description, scan 2
A view down into an excavated trench with rounded stones and blocks scattered and piled on a dark floor. A flat stone slab lies at the left edge, and a rough earthen wall face with pale streaks rises along the right side.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The cult room, eastern part. Cobblestones on the floor.

Swedish, as on the record

Kultrummet, östra delen. Kullerstenar på golvet.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)